Arth,
At one point I knew this one off by heart, the last page or so.
Colin
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From: "arthur seeley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Castle/ Dramatic monologue
> I love "Ulysees" I assume you mean the Tennyson. I read it aloud to a
group
> of VSO comrades in a small hotel in the Solomons about two days after
> arriving there. They were playing whist by a dim light and as I got
towards
> the end:
>
> ....To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
> Of all the western stars, until I die.
> It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
> It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles....
>
> I glanced up from the page and everyone had laid down their cards and
their
> eyes were shining. My voice caught but I managed to finish and there was
> silence and a slow group sigh. A really magical moment. I remember feeling
I
> had become Ulysees, I was 60 years old at the time. Oh, the power of
poetry.
> Great poetry, that is.
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> From: "Sue Scalf" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 11:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Castle/ Dramatic monologue
>
>
> > My favorite dramatic monologue has always been "Ulysses." The situation
> and
> > the language are so poignant. Sue
>
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