yes, a certain pleasing 'purity of diction' - but that which separates it somewhat from contemporary English, and pleases me, falters momentarily at 'interactions', i.e. I feel the word comes from another register.
Max
On 14/02/2013, at 8:39 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Sounds abut right; or, Ive heard this before.
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> Neatly gathers is perverse strength as it goes along, Lawrence…
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> Doug
> On 2013-02-13, at 11:06 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Elid, I cannot take these prim speeches
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>> any more. I must refute your stances.
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>> That is, I should have done before today.
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>> I would they were undone thereby, annulled,
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>> but you have uttered. They stand between
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>> not just you and me; but they block, also,
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>> the interactions of the community.
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>> Dissension makes all less and less secure.
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>> I could absorb your nonsense; I am strong;
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>> but people hear; and they think otherwise;
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>> while someone notices, many probably,
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>> if we meet secretly or in private.
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>> There is no privacy in politics
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>> and secrecy should be deniable.
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>> So please cooperate. Do not resist.
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>> I lawfully govern all of this space
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>> and you are part of it. You are governed.
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>> I charge you to obey and not demur
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>> from any judgment that I make; nor plan;
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>> nor policy; I need you at my side,
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>> church and state together as a full team.
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>> Support me, please. Or I shall damage you.
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
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> Something else is out there
> godamnit
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> And I want to hear it
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> C.D.Wright
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