tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post4772355875879714397..comments2023-10-22T23:29:48.012+13:00Comments on O Audacious Book: Tuesday Poem: This Lime-tree Bower my Prison by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post-58866120219059452222012-09-16T18:25:23.904+12:002012-09-16T18:25:23.904+12:00nd though now the bat
Wheels silent by, and not a ...nd though now the bat<br />Wheels silent by, and not a swallow twitters,<br />I hadn't read this poem, Mary, but I loved the lines:<br /><br />"Yet still the solitary humble-bee<br />Sings in the bean-flower! Henceforth I shall know<br />That Nature ne'er deserts the wise and pure;<br />No plot so narrow, be but Nature there,<br />No waste so vacant, but may well employ<br />Each faculty of sense, and keep the heart<br />Awake to Love and Beauty!"<br /><br />Very true of Chriscthurch these days: I pass many vacant lots on my works and with spring see the first hardy weeds springing up, evergreen and occsaionally colourful as well!Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post-86328709993744534362012-09-11T20:32:02.703+12:002012-09-11T20:32:02.703+12:00Lobbs! Yes! And I think he quoted Coleridge? We ta...Lobbs! Yes! And I think he quoted Coleridge? We talked of the poem anyway --and admired the tree -- and went on a long walk I think. A lovely perfect unusual day. Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post-45139174648546686072012-09-11T19:23:41.654+12:002012-09-11T19:23:41.654+12:00Not just any maker of shoes - Lobbs no less.I had ...Not just any maker of shoes - Lobbs no less.I had completely forgotten and now I remember the unusual day. xxxxAlexandra Lutyenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507849632375258730noreply@blogger.com