tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post8217511844175334556..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: Autumn MoonStephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-23186309588860796432018-10-17T21:18:53.283-07:002018-10-17T21:18:53.283-07:00Morgan Hunt: Thank you very much for your kind wo...Morgan Hunt: Thank you very much for your kind words. Palmer's paintings are indeed wonderful, aren't they?<br /><br />I'm pleased that you found your way here. It's funny how these things happen. I hope you will return. Thank you again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-31143042713808938502018-10-16T21:55:54.744-07:002018-10-16T21:55:54.744-07:00Thank you for this beautiful blog. I am just a ran...Thank you for this beautiful blog. I am just a random person from the internet. My little boy drew a picture that reminded me of Samuel Palmer and I googled an image that brought me to this sudden treasure. What a gift your sensibility is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849540853788647433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-10084643067796797012013-09-29T21:55:06.375-07:002013-09-29T21:55:06.375-07:00Anonymous: thank you very much for the poem. Earl...Anonymous: thank you very much for the poem. Early Auden is sometimes hard for me to puzzle out, but I don't let that bother me, since the sound is so wonderful. And this poem goes well with the autumn moon theme.<br /><br />Thanks again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-83052308998025173062013-09-27T07:53:17.053-07:002013-09-27T07:53:17.053-07:00Those of us who admire the poetry of W. H. Auden c...Those of us who admire the poetry of W. H. Auden consider his poem "Lunar Beauty" one of his most lovely and moving poems.<br /><br />This Lunar Beauty<br /><br /><br /><br />This lunar beauty<br />Has no history<br />Is complete and early,<br />If beauty later<br />Bear any feature<br />It had a lover<br />And is another.<br /><br />This like a dream<br />Keeps other time<br />And daytime is<br />The loss of this,<br />For time is inches<br />And the heart's changes<br />Where ghost has haunted<br />Lost and wanted.<br /><br />But this was never<br />A ghost's endeavor<br />Nor finished this,<br />Was ghost at ease,<br />And till it pass<br />Love shall not near<br />The sweetness here<br />Nor sorrow take<br />His endless look. <br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com