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You asked for it, Silentjoy. XD

 

Djokovic -- (2nd favorite player)

This is a hard match for me to watch, because my two favorite players are on opposite teams; but this is an amusing clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxUHxKPCW3w

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If you like poetry, here are two of my favorites.

 

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls.

And like a thunderbolt he falls.

“The Eagle” by Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

A dewdrop of the darkness born

Wherein no shadow lies;

The blossom of a barren thorn

Whereof no petal dies;

A rainbow beauty, passion free,

Wherewith was veiled eternity.

“The Immaculate Conception” by Fr. John Bannister Tabb

 

I love Lord Tennyson. One of my favorites:

Crossing the Bar

By Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Sunset and evening star,
      And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
      When I put out to sea,

   But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
      Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
      Turns again home.

   Twilight and evening bell,
      And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
      When I embark;

   For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
      The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
      When I have crost the bar.
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I love Lord Tennyson. One of my favorites:

Crossing the Bar

By Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Sunset and evening star,
      And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
      When I put out to sea,

   But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
      Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
      Turns again home.

   Twilight and evening bell,
      And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
      When I embark;

   For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
      The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
      When I have crost the bar.

 

 

Wow, that was beautiful! I haven't read much Tennyson - I should read more.

 

P.S. I love your profile picture. ;)

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Do you have a favorite poem, Christina? You can post it here. I'd like to hear some more poetry. (I have a soft spot for it.)

 

I'm not Christina, but I enjoyed Shelley's "Alastor."

 

...

                                               A Spirit seemed

To stand beside him -- clothed in no bright robes

Of shadowy silver or enshrining light,

Borrowed from aught the visible world affords

Of grace, or majesty, or mystery;

But undulating woods, and silent well,

And leaping rivulet, and evening gloom,

Now deepening the dark shades, for speech assuming

Held commune with him, as if he and it

Were all that was; only -- when his regard

Was raised by intense pensiveness -- two eyes,

Two starry eyes, hung in the gloom of thought,

And seemed with their serene and azure smiles

To beckon him.

 

 

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I have an essay on El Cid and the Spanish Reconquista due tonight...what joy. :P

 

Severe case of writer's block! :dead2:

Prayers would be greatly appreciated! (Especially prayers to St. Joseph of Cupertino. :))

 

– Cilla

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Ancilla Domini

On Monday, I got an email from Sister Maria Simona Pia, the novice mistress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate in New Bedford, saying that they were going to be staying at a Sisters of Life convent, 5 minutes away from my music school! I wrote back to them, and asked them if they would still be there on Friday, (today - because that's when I have my music lesson, and I'd be up there) and they responded yesterday saying that they had just gotten back to New Bedford!! :sad: :cry3: :sad2:

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On Monday, I got an email from Sister Maria Simona Pia, the novice mistress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate in New Bedford, saying that they were going to be staying at a Sisters of Life convent, 5 minutes away from my music school! I wrote back to them, and asked them if they would still be there on Friday, (today - because that's when I have my music lesson, and I'd be up there) and they responded yesterday saying that they had just gotten back to New Bedford!! :sad: :cry3: :sad2:

Too bad!
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Ancilla Domini

I have an essay on El Cid and the Spanish Reconquista due tonight...what joy. :P

 

Exam week is officially over!!!!!! :yahoo:

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Ancilla Domini

Satisfying Experiences:

 

Spotting an error in an historical timeline

 

Pointing out an exam error to your teacher, the aftermath being an extra four points on your Literature exam :D

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