Thank you for sending us the entire poem. Most of us are familiar with the first few lines; but have little idea of the entire poem being so long. I don’t know that I had ever read the whole thing before. - It was high time I did.
I was surprised by the length as well. Like you, I don’t think I’d ever read all the verses.
> Thank you for sending us the entire poem. Most of us are familiar with the first few lines; but have little idea of the entire poem being so long. I don’t know that I had ever read the whole thing before. - It was high time I did.
Wow, memories! Granted, I may be an old fart, but I had to memorize 2 full stanzas for the 3rd grade class presentation to the whole school (the rest of the class were assigned other pieces). I ended up knowing the whole thing by heart, but I need to be prompted now, at times ;-)
> Thank you for sending us the entire poem. Most of us are familiar with the first few lines; but have little idea of the entire poem being so long. I don’t know that I had ever read the whole thing before. - It was high time I did.
Wow, memories! Granted, I may be an old fart, but I had to memorize 2 full stanzas for the 3rd grade class presentation to the whole school (the rest of the class were assigned other pieces). I ended up knowing the whole thing by heart, but I need to be prompted now, at times ;-)