Eliot's Four Quartets

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Eliot's Four Quartets

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Thinking of giving this a go. Has anyone read them?[/i]
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.

....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
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'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'

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Can't say I have actually. The Wasteland, obviously, always loved Macavity, don't seem to have read any of these for some reason though.

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But as far as Burnt Norton - the first of the four. Listened to a reading by Eliot himself on YouTube and was quite impressed. I'm sure I didn't begin to plumb it's depths, but on first hearing there were elements one could get fairly easily - the passage of time, the nature of love, art, and the creative process etc. I'd need to go back for round two to refresh my memory of it - but yes, worth the 20 or so minutes it takes to listen to ...... and very possibly the two years it would take to write a doctoral thesis on it! :lol:
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'Then let it end.'

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Haha, I suppose I should read them at least. :D

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Well, if you can spare the two minutes or so Av! ;)
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....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'

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:LOLS:

Y'know, Macavity was the first poem I ever memorised, for an eisteddfod when I was 8. :D

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One of my favorites! I loved that book of cat poems from which Macavity comes and from which the musical Cats was taken.
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.

....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'

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