Time ever moving on has a habit of catching us out later. Emily Lee is one I have read - briefly and had thought to read more of her work later, but time has marched on: I've grown older and I'm beginning to appear well worn - wearing out!! Eyesight faster than some of my other 'parts' and now 'reading' per se, is no longer a viable pleasure for me. With poetry books lining my shelves, I regret my leaving until 'tomorrow'. for there are others I had hoped to read and enjoy! Have to content myself with memorized works, earlier read and enjoyed. Poets such s Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Milton - his poem "On Blindness" very much in my thoughts these days. My own Dorset poet Thomas Hardy - have tried to emulate his style on occasion. More so when it comes to the Darzet Dialeck - Dorset Dialect. Have several of the movies - Jude, Far From the Madding Crowd etc., that were based and inspired by his stories - American producers what's more! I also have a copy of his complete works - poetry and stories. His story, Under the Greenwood Tree - was an oft repeated delight for me. Doubtless it dates me as an old timer? Still y0ung at heart. How goes that saying? The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak? Mine? A little tattered today. Maybe there's a 'talking' book of her work? Possess the Complete Works of Shakespeare - all formats. Etc., etc.. Palgrave's Golden Treasury - our required book of Poetry at school - still adorns my bookshelf! Like me, it's a little tattered and well thumbed after travelling the world with me! But enough! Your offering has whetted me desires again Daniel, and maybe - with help from a magnifying glass, I can indulge a little 'reading' of her works - yet again? Ciao Denis.
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