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The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
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Posted on 12/11/2005 8:37:40 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Home is behind, the world ahead
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red,
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet,
Still round the corner we may meet
A sudden tree or standing stone
That none have seen but we alone.
Tree and flower and leaf and grass,
Let them pass! Let them pass!
Hill and water under sky,
Pass them by! Pass them by! |
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Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate,
And though we pass them by today,
Tomorrow we may come this way
And take the hidden paths that run
Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe,
Let them go! Let them go!
Sand and stone and pool and dell,
Fare you well! Fare you well! |
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Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back to home and bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
And then to bed! And then to bed! |
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To: RMDupree; Corin Stormhands
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... crack...
6,601
posted on
01/14/2006 7:26:30 AM PST
by
g'nad
To: Corin Stormhands
And why not?
You show yours here all the time. :-D
6,602
posted on
01/14/2006 7:29:12 AM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: HairOfTheDog
Well....if the father - and mother too, for that matter - is strongly opposed, they might just kiss their extended family good bye.
6,603
posted on
01/14/2006 7:29:42 AM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'm different from all the other mad scientists....I know the proper use of laboratory glassware.)
To: HairOfTheDog
It's tradition. Back in the days of yore, if the father objected, there probably would be no dowry forthcoming.
6,604
posted on
01/14/2006 7:32:30 AM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'm different from all the other mad scientists....I know the proper use of laboratory glassware.)
To: Corin Stormhands
Obviously if she's already accepted the proposal, you aren't really seeking permission!
At least with Tzeitel and Motel
They asked me, they begged me
But now, if I like or not
You'll marry him!
What do you want from me?
Go on! Be wed!
And tear out my beard
And uncover my head
Tradition
They're not even asking permission
From the papa
What's happening to the tradition?
One little time, I pulled out a thread
And where has it led Where has it led?
Where has it led? To this!
A man tells me he's getting married!
He doesn't ask me, he tells me.
6,605
posted on
01/14/2006 7:32:32 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: Overtaxed
Cold front coming through now...
hehehehe....
6,606
posted on
01/14/2006 7:32:45 AM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Overtaxed
Agreed... So wouldn't it have been better to find that out before the proposal?
I'm just sayin' is all.
6,607
posted on
01/14/2006 7:34:24 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
I guess, if it's certain that her answer will be "yes." If it's "no," there's no point in asking him at all.
6,608
posted on
01/14/2006 7:38:26 AM PST
by
Overtaxed
(I'm different from all the other mad scientists....I know the proper use of laboratory glassware.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Ha! I just had that running through my head!
To: no one in particular
I'm ready for the game...
Go Redskins!
6,610
posted on
01/14/2006 7:40:11 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
To: Corin Stormhands
6,611
posted on
01/14/2006 7:41:27 AM PST
by
RMDupree
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To: Overtaxed
You need to ask her father for her hand in marriage.
Did that last friday.
To: Corin Stormhands
6,613
posted on
01/14/2006 7:49:09 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; Overtaxed
Following a courtship model it is best to ask him before. Since I sort of did both... heh. Covering all the bases
To: TalonDJ
Sounded to me like the bases were more than covered the way you did it. :~D
So how's things down there with your folks?
6,615
posted on
01/14/2006 7:54:09 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
ohfercryinoutloud...are you series?
6,616
posted on
01/14/2006 7:54:48 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Real good so far. You will have to ask her to get the real perspective I guess.
To: Corin Stormhands
Heh... is there a game today?
6,618
posted on
01/14/2006 7:57:13 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; Ramius
Uh, yeah, playoff game.
Washington at Seattle!
Nothing personal, but of course I'm hopin' for the 'skins to pull it off. Miracles can happen.
6,619
posted on
01/14/2006 7:58:29 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Yeah, there's a game today. Arizona vs. Oregon. At least, that's the only game I care about. ;~D
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