Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... October, 2008

October 1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Cute ... thank you.

[Billie]

Billie, I love today's Welcome Post. Thank you for sending me the graphic, the music link and the wonderful poem. All three are truly marvelous. Thank you again!

Oh, you are so welcome - John Wayne is a legend and a hero, to me. We still enjoy watching his old movies on TV.

[Billie]

Amen! That one’s wonderful, Conor!

[ConorMacNessa]

To be Carved On A Stone At Thoor Ballylee
by William Butler Yeats

I, THE poet William Yeats,
With old mill boards and sea-green slates,
And smithy work from the Gort forge,
Restored this tower for my wife George;
And may these characters remain
When all is ruin once again.

[ConorMacNessa]

The poet William Butler Yeats

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Diver Dave]

His Eye Is on the Sparrow was one of my Dad’s favorite songs as well. He requested that it be sung at his funeral and a family friend did an excellent job in presenting it.

A wonderful promise from Him fulfilled on a daily basis.

[JustAmy]

Beautiful, Yorkie.

I love that more each time I hear it. Thank you for sharing it with us today.

[Diver Dave]

...And Because He Lives, We Can Face Tomorrow.

[JustAmy]

This rendition is lovely, Billie. Thank you for the link.

[JustAmy]

Good afternoon, Conor.
Great to see you again today. Happy Thursday backatcha.

Make it a great day!

[JustAmy]

We still enjoy the John Wayne movies. You can always count on being entertained without wondering what message might have been inserted.

I agree with you on the other cowboy; he is pretty cute (and smart!).

[JustAmy]

Oh Man, Conor.

Thank you for these wonderful pictures of Ireland. I’ve enjoyed every one that you have shared. Keep ‘em coming.

[JustAmy]

Another lovely rendition. Thank you for the link, Yorkie.

[JustAmy]

YESSS !!!

Thank you for sharing this, Conor.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Billie.

[ConorMacNessa]

Break, break, break.

Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.

O well for the fisherman's boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play!
O well for the sailor lad.
That he sings in his boat on the bay!

And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!

Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[JustAmy]

Thank you again ... for the picture and the poem.

[ConorMacNessa]

Sorry for the double post - I forgot the picture. :)

Break, Break, Break.

Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.

O well for the fisherman's boy,
That he shouts with his sister at play!
O well for the sailor lad.
That he sings in his boat on the bay!

And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!

Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is dead
Will never come back to me.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[JustAmy]

Department Store Day
Graphic by MamaBear




Dictionary Day & Noah Webster's Birthday

Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758, in the West Division of Hartford, Connecticut, to a family who had lived in Connecticut since colonial days.

In 1806, Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. The following year, at the age of 43, Webster began writing an expanded and comprehensive dictionary, An American Dictionary of the English Language, which would take twenty-seven years to complete. To supplement the documentation of the etymology of the words, Webster learned twenty-six languages, including Anglo-Saxon and Sanskrit. Webster hoped to standardize American speech, since Americans in different parts of the country spelled, pronounced, and used words differently.

World Food Day


Boss's Day

[ConorMacNessa]

Department Store Day - guess I should go out and use my Macy's card. :)

Lamh Foistenach Abu!