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From: Morpheus <Morpheus@dreamland.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.prettyboy
Subject: Re: Some Poems
Date: 25 Aug 2010 22:15:02 -0500
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:47:50 -0700, HMS Victor Victorian wrote
(in article <18f876t26ho26hvp5eugh219mie26m4lpj@4ax.com>):
> On 24 Aug 2010 16:31:01 -0500, Morpheus <Morpheus@dreamland.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm going to post some of these poems from time to time.
>>
>> They are from a collection I saved from years ago (pre the Fort, I think)
>> from a person posting as "Ianthe".
>>
>> I really don't know anything about him except he posted a lot of poetry and
>> small literary pieces and I saved a lot of it.
>>
>> Perhaps some of the other long-time followers of these groups knows more
>> about the person, Ianthe.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> To Youth
>>
>> Where art thou gone, light-ankled youth ?
>>
>> With wing at either shoulder,
>>
>> And smile that never left thy mouth
>>
>> Until the hours grew colder:
>>
>>
>>
>> Then somewhat seem'd to whisper near
>>
>> That thou and I must part;
>>
>> I doubted it; I felt no fear,
>>
>> No weight upon my heart:
>>
>>
>>
>> If aught befell it, Love was by
>>
>> And rolled it off again;
>>
>> So, if there ever was a sigh,
>>
>> 'Twas not a sigh of pain.
>>
>>
>>
>> I may not call thee back; but thou
>>
>> Returnest, when the hand
>>
>> Of gentle sleep waves o'er my brow
>>
>> His poppy-crested wand;
>>
>>
>>
>> Then smiling eyes bend over mine,
>>
>> Then lips once prest invite;
>>
>> But sleep hath given a silent sign
>>
>> And both, alas!, take flight.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Walter Savage Landor.
>
>
> Dear Morpheus,
>
> Hmm. "Light-ankled youth?"
> Ha!
> An interesting turn of phrase ... but does it work? I'll have to read
> up on Mr. Landor a bit to find the inspiration of such word-pairings!
>
> If you don't mind, I'd like to collect these as you post them.
> I may wish to use them in another video presentation.
> As soon as I can choose a program better than WMM. I am considering
> ProShow Gold.
>
> V
> God Save the Queen.
> God Bless the Prince of Wales.
> God Preserve the Windsors.
> Rule Britannia!
By all means collect and use them as you wish. I make no claim of ownership,
I merely copied them from someone else.
Maybe 'light ankled youth' is where the term "light in the loafers" came
from.... :)
If you do produce a video presentation including some of this verse, please
share it. I'm sure it would be wonderful.
Cheers,
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