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Comment Words on mercy, and justice (Score 1) 5


        The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
        It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
        Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
        It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
        'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
        The throned monarch better than his crown;
        His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
        The attribute to awe and majesty,
        Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
        But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
        It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
        It is an attribute to God himself;
        And earthly power doth then show likest God's
        When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
        Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
        That, in the course of justice, none of us
        Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
        And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
        The deeds of mercy.

                                        -- The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene 1

And, speaking of what is deserved...


        God's bodykins, man, much better: use every man
        after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping?
        Use them after your own honour and dignity: the less
        they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.

                                        -- Hamlet, Scene II, Act 2

Comment Re:The conclusion... (Score 1) 7

That looks odd. The entire poem, for context:


        Ozymandias

        I met a traveller from an antique land
        Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
        Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
        Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
        And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
        Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
        Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
        The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
        And on the pedestal these words appear:
        "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
        Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
        Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
        Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
        The lone and level sands stretch far away.

                                -- Percy Bysshe Shelley

It really shows what can be done with the sonnet form.

User Journal

Journal Journal: AT&T Blocking Gmail?

AT&T appears to be blocking inbound mail from gmail, or at least from the server that is sending my mail. I've had bounces from two sbcglobal.net addresses, but one to a yahoo.com address appears to have gone through with no problem.

Anyone else have this problem?

Comment Division? (Score 1) 5

I don't see any references to the 36th Infantry Division among the top hits when I run that query. Most of the hits just say 36th Virginia Infantry, with no designation. From what I recall, most Civil War units identified by number/state are regiments or battalions, while brigades, divisions, and corps tend to be identified by the name of their commander. I could be wrong about that, though - I'm just depending on memory (rather than Google).

Lord of the Rings

Journal Journal: [Music][Beloved] I Will Not Forget You


I remember the nights I watched as you lay sleeping
Your body gripped by some far away dream
Well I was so scared and so in love then
And so lost in all of you that I had seen
But no one ever talked in the darkness
No voice ever added fuel to the fire
No light ever sh

Lord of the Rings

Journal Journal: [Music][Beloved] If I Could Be Where You Are (a trí)


Where are you this moment -
only in my dreams.
You're missing, but you're always
a heartbeat from me.

I'm lost now without you,
I don't know where you are.
I keep watching, I keep hoping,
but time keeps us apart.

Comment [Beloved] She Walks in Beauty (Score 1) 4


        She walks in beauty, like the night
                Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
        And all that's best of dark and bright
                Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
        Thus mellow'd to that tender light
                Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

        One shade the more, one ray the less,
                Had half impair'd the nameless grace
        Which waves in every raven tress,
                Or softly lightens o'er her face;
        Where thoughts serenely sweet express
                How pure, how dear their dwelling place.

        And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
                So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
        The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
                But tell of days in goodness spent,
        A mind at peace with all below,
                A heart whose love is innocent!

                        -- George Gordon, Lord Byron

But I used this one five years ago (3 August 2006). There was a bit more hope, at that juncture.

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