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allan_thomson
Oct 11, 2003, 3:06 PM
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Anyone else heard of this poet? I love his poem "The Golden Journey to Samerkand", but he appears quiet obscure. Do you know any more poems by him?
My favourite verses have to be the pilgrim verses:-
THE MASTER OF THE CARAVAN
But who are ye in rags and rotten shoes,
You dirty-bearded, blocking up the way?
THE PILGRIMS
We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go
Always a little further: it may be
Beyond the last blue mountain barred with snow,
Across that angry or that glimmering sea,
White on a throne or guarded in a cave
There lives a prophet who can understand
Why men were born: but surely we are brave,
Who make the Golden Journey to Samarkand.
I think they're so powerful and inspirational. Especially the first four lines, of the pilgrims speech.
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edge
Oct 12, 2003, 1:12 AM
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Yeah, it brings a tear ro my eye...
Sorta like:
There was an old lady from Nantucket....
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mike
Oct 12, 2003, 3:09 AM
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In reply to: Yeah, it brings a tear ro my eye... Sorta like: There was an old lady from Nantucket....
I know about the old man from Nantucket, what's the story on the old lady? :?
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philbox
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Oct 12, 2003, 9:37 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Yeah, it brings a tear ro my eye... Sorta like: There was an old lady from Nantucket.... I know about the old man from Nantucket, what's the story on the old lady? :?
Wasn`t she the old crone who kicked the bucket.
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