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and also “Pitiless As The Sun”.
i have found the poem that these phrases are from.“The Second Coming”
by W. B. YeatsTurning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of the Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze as pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now i know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?just thought this might be interesting and give us some clues!!!!!!!!!
[ 16-11-2001: Message edited by: mary beth ]
[ 16-11-2001: Message edited by: mary beth ]
*sigh* i guess i am the only one who likes poetry
i was hoping to start a discussion about how events in the show are part of this poem. not just the titles of the eps.
for example-The falcon cannot hear the falconer-i figure this is Dylan and the Andromeda as the falcon and they have no Commonwealth or falconer to ‘hear’ anymore.
-Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed-to me this represents the Magog world ship.
-A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze as pitiless as the sun-Trance?
if you have any thoughts on this subject i would enjoy discussing them with you. *sigh* i guess i am the only one who likes poetry
i was hoping to start a discussion about how events in the show are part of this poem. not just the titles of the eps.
for example-The falcon cannot hear the falconer-i figure this is Dylan and the Andromeda as the falcon and they have no Commonwealth or falconer to ‘hear’ anymore.
-Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed-to me this represents the Magog world ship.
-A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze as pitiless as the sun-Trance?
if you have any thoughts on this subject i would enjoy discussing them with you.
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