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"Match Me, Sidney"
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'The Sweet Smell of Success'
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'The Sweet Smell of Success'
This is a couple of lines I wrote taken from my Grandfather's funeral benediction
I remember building a corn shock with my Grandfather because he wanted to show me what he did when he was my age.
As I watched in silence, while the full moon flogged that corn shocks shadow across the furrowed field, I heard my ancestors speak through the voice of every upturned furrow and every overturned stone as the cicadas drummed their drowsy measure in celebration of nature's timeless cycle.
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I remember building a corn shock with my Grandfather because he wanted to show me what he did when he was my age.
As I watched in silence, while the full moon flogged that corn shocks shadow across the furrowed field, I heard my ancestors speak through the voice of every upturned furrow and every overturned stone as the cicadas drummed their drowsy measure in celebration of nature's timeless cycle.
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A tearing wind last night. A flurry of red clouds, hard, a water colour mass of purple and black, soft as a water ice, then hard slices of intense green stone, blue stone and a ripple of crimson light.
- - - a description of a summer storm by Virginia Woolf
- - - a description of a summer storm by Virginia Woolf
This is a couple of lines I wrote taken from my Grandfather's funeral benediction
As I watched in silence, while the full moon flogged that corn shocks shadow across the furrowed field, I heard my ancestors speak through the voice of every upturned furrow and every overturned stone as the cicadas drummed their drowsy measure in celebration of nature's timeless cycle.
You got a good idea going on here.
You also have a run on sentence.
What is the most beautiful piece of writing in the English language?
Good writing hasn't just got to sound beautiful, to your mind's ear, it should also, at the same time, be packed with beautiful meaning. God knows, I'm no christian, but that doesn't stop me recognising that the 23rd psalm (made to learn it by heart at school - for which I'm glad) is at the very top of the very tall tree.
The lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul.
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness, for his name's sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, yet shall I fear no evil.
For thou art with me.
Thy rod and they staff they comfort me.
Thou spreadst a table before me, in the sight of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil.
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
And I will dwell in the house of the lord forever.
Good writing hasn't just got to sound beautiful, to your mind's ear, it should also, at the same time, be packed with beautiful meaning. God knows, I'm no christian, but that doesn't stop me recognising that the 23rd psalm (made to learn it by heart at school - for which I'm glad) is at the very top of the very tall tree.
The lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul.
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness, for his name's sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, yet shall I fear no evil.
For thou art with me.
Thy rod and they staff they comfort me.
Thou spreadst a table before me, in the sight of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil.
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
And I will dwell in the house of the lord forever.
William Tyndale translated the Bible into English and was burned at the stake in 1536What is the most beautiful piece of writing in the English language?
Good writing hasn't just got to sound beautiful, to your mind's ear, it should also, at the same time, be packed with beautiful meaning. God knows, I'm no christian, but that doesn't stop me recognising that the 23rd psalm (made to learn it by heart at school - for which I'm glad) is at the very top of the very tall tree.
The lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul.
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness, for his name's sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, yet shall I fear no evil.
For thou art with me.
Thy rod and they staff they comfort me.
Thou spreadst a table before me, in the sight of mine enemies.
Thou anointest my head with oil.
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
And I will dwell in the house of the lord forever.
The translators of the King James Version used some of Tyndale's work and were the best scholars and writers of the day
The KJV was written in Shakespeare's presumed 46th year of life. Psalm 46 has as the 46th word from the beginning the word "shake." Then the 46th word from the end of the psalm is the word "spear." This, argues some folks, is a clue that Shakespeare included to let folks know he was involved.
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Not when you say it in a speechYou got a good idea going on here.
You also have a run on sentence.
