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..it's another Forest Fan related topic.
However, this is not a discussion, it's a poem by William Blake that I think is just fantastic, and very relevant. Read it in English Lit in College yesterday and it instantly rang some bells!
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A Little BOY Lost
Nought loves another as itself
Nor venerates another so
Nor is it possibe to Thought
A greater than itself to know
And Father, how can I love you,
Or any of my brothers more?
I love you like the little bird
That picks up crumbs around the door
The Priest sat by and heard the child
In trembling zeal he siez'd his hair:
He led him by his little coat:
And all amir'd his Priestly care.
And standing on the altar high,
Lo what a fiend is here! said he:
One who sets reason up for judge
Of our most holy Mystery.
The weeping child could not be heard,
The weeping parents wept in vain:
They strip'd him to his little shirt,
And bound him in an iron chain.
And burn'd him in a holy place,
Where many had been burn'd before:
The weeping parents wept in vain.
Are such things done on Albions shore.
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By the way, Blake believed in God, but not Christianity.
However, this is not a discussion, it's a poem by William Blake that I think is just fantastic, and very relevant. Read it in English Lit in College yesterday and it instantly rang some bells!
------
A Little BOY Lost
Nought loves another as itself
Nor venerates another so
Nor is it possibe to Thought
A greater than itself to know
And Father, how can I love you,
Or any of my brothers more?
I love you like the little bird
That picks up crumbs around the door
The Priest sat by and heard the child
In trembling zeal he siez'd his hair:
He led him by his little coat:
And all amir'd his Priestly care.
And standing on the altar high,
Lo what a fiend is here! said he:
One who sets reason up for judge
Of our most holy Mystery.
The weeping child could not be heard,
The weeping parents wept in vain:
They strip'd him to his little shirt,
And bound him in an iron chain.
And burn'd him in a holy place,
Where many had been burn'd before:
The weeping parents wept in vain.
Are such things done on Albions shore.
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By the way, Blake believed in God, but not Christianity.
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Blank wrote:
> Surely "Albions" should have an apostrophe?
>
Yeah, but Blake's an odd character..
> Surely "Albions" should have an apostrophe?
>
Yeah, but Blake's an odd character..
Forest Fan wrote:
> Well anyone can critise religion, I can.
Really? I hadn't noticed you post anything like that before
*sarcasm machine explodes* dammit that's the 3rd one this week
> Well anyone can critise religion, I can.
Really? I hadn't noticed you post anything like that before
*sarcasm machine explodes* dammit that's the 3rd one this week
Surely "Albions" should have an apostrophe?
Well anyone can critise religion, I can.
Relevance to the all pervasive themes of religion that are currently in the Life forum, which are best personified by you.
This poem is an attack on organised religion and the total hypocrisy of religion and the values it has.
This poem is an attack on organised religion and the total hypocrisy of religion and the values it has.
In relevance to me, like you said it was.
Do you even have the capacity to understand this poem?
Please say how it's 'pointless'.
Please say how it's 'pointless'.
It's a pointless kind of poem.
I can't be bothered with you.
Someone else please make him read the poem...
Someone else please make him read the poem...
I mean, I can't speak for all the beliefs in the world.
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