kung Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 The Second Coming -- W. B. Yeats Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all convictions, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand. The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert A shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zimmerman pt3 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 nice Pavement quote Luke. I never knew you liked bands such as GBV, Pixies and Pavement before; you should of said something, I would of unleashed my bootlegs on you at DAL and the inside scoop on Pollard (my best friend's buddies with him) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted May 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 I'm not aware of the Pavement connection, that's straight up Yeats although Chinua Achebe used the line Things Fall Apart as the title of a novel and The Roots probably thought it was a black thing. The poem came to mind in light of this Phish business... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peipunk Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 maybe he's talking about your signature??? man, am i ever smart somedays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted May 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Aye Aye Aye Aye your sister's in love with a carrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavinginthewind Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 I'm still working on my 1st coming, won't be long now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 Loved the Yeats so much I used it in the new quote Loved kungs reply so much I also used it. No offense, thanks for the inspiration kung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 I don't know who you are wavinginthewind but you chime in at just the right time. Keep your chin up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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