Aw come on, Robin, the man had a tin ear! Are we going to end up fighting a
duel over this? I just don't understand how you can't hear that, considering
how precise your ear is for Donne, Wyatt, and the like.
joanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: map of literature
>> Philistine!!
>
> Who, me or Fitzgerald? Or both?
>
> I did try to read it once, and got as far as three pages in before I gave
> up.
>
> It was something to do with the rhythms, which is maybe significant as
> fairly central to Joanna and my disagreement over her (EBB's that is, not
> Joanna's) husband was the nature of the rhythms.
>
> R.
>
>>>> Unless of course it's Elizabeth Barrett,
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>>
>>> I'm inclined to agree with Edward Fitzgerald here, who on hearing of
>>> EBB's death, remarked, "Thank God, no more Aurora Leighs."
>>>
>>> R.
>>>
>>>>> This will please Joanna Boulter ...
>
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