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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread...
A little Learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring...>>>
Throughout the poem, Pope refers to ancient writers such as Virgil, Homer, Aristotle, Horace and Longinus. This is a testament to his belief that the "Imitation of the ancients" is the ultimate standard for taste. Pope also says, "True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,/ As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance" (362-363),[6] meaning poets are made, not born.
David lived to the age of 70, the length of the Babylonian exile. It's a matter of degrees, ma'alot*. A degree sign is a siman of ma'ala, lit. a sign of going "up". In the case of 70, it's the common default temperature for comfortable living -- 70°F, aka "room temperature"
Assume room temperature = "to die"
True Ease in Writing comes from Art, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance
See, it's like something out of a box, or out of a prison movie, because
"It comes down to a simple choice really: get busy living, or get busy dying."
("What's buried under there" is found at post 6. It's a good thing.)
Psalm 133
1.A Song of Maalot of David; Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity:
2. It is like the precious ointment [lit. good oil] upon the head, that runs down upon the beard, Aaron's beard, that runs down to the hem of his garments:
3. Like the dew of Hermon descending upon the mountains of Zion; for there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life for evermore:
Remember the "Fish" under the Sea dance?
"If there's no music they can't dance. If they can't dance they can't kiss, if they can't kiss, they can't fall in love and I'm history!" ~ Marty McFly
This is for all you lovers out there:
*ma'alot, degrees, steps: מַעֲלָה maʻălâh, mah-al-aw'; mah-al-aw'; feminine of H4608; elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms):things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
This is an especially timely subject with the counting of the Omer, the 50th day being the day of the giving of the Torah. The count only goes to 49, because 50 is
Nun is the fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Numerical value: 50A story is told in the Talmud:1 Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi meets Elijah the Prophet and asks, "When will Mashiach come?"
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In Aramaic, nun means a fish...
The Midrash states that David was originally supposed to have died through a miscarriage. He was able to survive only because Adam (the first man) bequeathed David seventy of his own years...
14, 50, and 70 -- the total round-up,
at room temperature and being comfortable and/or alive because
As they say, "70 is the new 50". This is mathematically correct, because by using a stone as a base; i.e. base 14, Beis David (David = 14), 70 *is* 50.
7010 = 5014
However, the House of David (i.e., the revelation of Mashiach) faces battles. From the beginning of creation, the spirit of G-d3 [here interpreted by our Sages4 to mean the spirit of Mashiach] hovered over the waters; i.e., the presence of the spirit of Mashiach from the beginning of creation implies that the original divine intent underlying creation was that this material world be guided by the spirit of Mashiach.
I provide a useful service for the living and for the dying. Either people are going to "wake up" and realize that everything is orchestrated and coordinated from Above, or they'll become expert in the dark Art of "unseeing." Practice makes perfect! It comes down to a simple choice really.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread...
Ricky Nelson's version (1963) was an enormous hit. It's the most famous version of the song.
Fools rush in, where "wise" men never go.
But "wise" men never fall in love
So how are they to know?
When we met, I felt my life begin
So open up your heart and let this fool rush in.
I've always been a big fan of Miss Timberlake, the sparrow that downed the hawk, the destroyer of worlds:
She's not the run-of-the-mill girl, is she?
No. Even Darwin never figured on her. The Four Horsemen now have a riding companion.
There's War, Famine, Death, Pestilence,
and Miss Timberlake.-- Sir, this special delivery letter just came for you.
That_Touch_of_Mink (1962)
Kept some letters by his bed
Dated nineteen sixty-two...
And somewhere out there...
...is a young lady who, I think...
...will never be a nun.