20 Apr 12
Originally posted by Great Big SteesNever In The Eye
Grampy could you please enlighten us as to how and why "the common wisdom got it wrong".
Beauty was never in the eye
of the beholder,
much rather if anywhere
in the mind’s eye of the beheld.
And a thing of beauty
was never a joy,
nor forever
but unappreciated and transient.
And the root of all evil
was never money
but the love of it,
Mammon, the servant and footman
of the unrequited.
Neither is hell denied
its fury, nor a woman
ignored or deceived
who prefers
not to be scorned.
And a female is not a woman,
nor a woman a lady
and young girls
rape their own futures
in the early sun.
And a boy is not a man
before his mother.
Furniture is seldom if ever
made in the woods.
And having a pleasant day
is less pleasant
than outright possession
of the unpleasant truth.
No, my kinsman,
the common wisdom
is too common.
Though less fragile
it survives.
Neither is all well...
that appears to end well,
if held together subjectively
and in place with pins.
And no crass Bohemian
spilling gypsy blood for the masses
was Christ, nor Caesar
a salad, Napoleon a pastry,
nor the Duchess of Marlborough
some new cigarette.
Boston, 1980
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20 Apr 12
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyAre these the lyrics from a song by Boston?
[b]Never In The Eye
Beauty was never in the eye
of the beholder,
much rather if anywhere
in the mind’s eye of the beheld.
And a thing of beauty
was never a joy,
nor forever
but unappreciated and transient.
And the root of all evil
was never money
but the love of it,
Mammon, the servant and footman
of the unrequited.
Neithe ...[text shortened]... ad, Napoleon a pastry,
nor the Duchess of Marlborough
some new cigarette.
Boston, 1980[/b]