[5953] in Central_America
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Central America)
Thu Jul 13 04:25:20 1995
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 04:25:09 -0400
From: Central America <root@charon.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@charon.MIT.EDU
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baspitz (Bridget A Spitznagel):
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jcb (Jeff Bigler):
The following poem is most effective if read aloud.
Et qui rit des cure's d'Oc[1]
De Meuse raines,[2] houp! de cloques.[3]
De quelles lockes ce turque coin.[4]
Et ne d'a^nes ni rennes,
E'curies des cure's d'Oc.[5]
Notes:
[1] Oc (or Languedoc), ancient region of France, with its capital at
Toulouse. It's monks and curates were, it seems, a singularly
humble and holy group. This little poem is a graceful tribute to
their virtues.
[2] Meuse, or Maas, River, 560 miles long, traversing France, Belgium,
and the Netherlands; Raines, olf Frenche word for frogs (from the
L., "ranae"). Here is a beautiful example of Gothic imagery: He who
laughs at the cure's of Oc will have frogs leap at him from the
Meuse river and
[3] infect him with a scrofulous disease! This is particularly
interesting when we consider the widespread superstition in America
that frogs and toads cause warts.
[4] "Turkish corners" were introduced into Western Europe by returning
Crusaders, among other luxuries and refinements of Oriental living.
Our good monks made a concession to the fashion, but N.B. their
Turkish corner was made of rags! This affectation of interior
decorating had a widespread revival in the U.S.A. at the turn of the
century. Ah, the Tsar's bazarrs' bizarre beaux-arts.
[5] So strict were the monks that they didn't even indulge themselves in
their arduous travels. No fancy mules nor reindeer in *their*
stables. They just rode around on their plain French asses.
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therese (Therese):
There is a deeper wave than this
Rising in the land
There is a deeper wave than this
Nothing will Withstand
I say love is the seventh wave..
-- Sting
Dream of the Blue Turtles
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