And I am reminded of the occasion of Horatio's lines, namely Hamlet on the
uses of the imagination in tracing out connections, whether leading or
following. Of course Horatio thinks to prevent a morbid excess of
reflection on the fate of the physical body, but Hamlet is now well on his
somewhat ungrateful way to thinking through the matter of mortality in order
to forgive himself his own. But let be.
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:15:11 -0500
"David L. Miller" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tom, I'm reminded of Hamlet's reply!
>
>>>> [log in to unmask] 11/28 5:48 PM >>>
> I am reminded of Horatio's lines to Hamlet in the graveyard scene: "'Twere
>to consider too curiously to consider so."
> And to complicate the paroxisms of irony, take a look at Worsdsworth's
>imitation of this poem. Very different. tpr
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>From: David Wilson-Okamura <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, November 28, 2005 1:31 pm
> Subject: Do they call virtue there ungratefulness?
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>> How gloss ye this line, Sidneians? Is it bawdy and bitter? Or
>> innocent
>> and just obscure?
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