Re: a lost leader
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 10:48:47 +1000
> I think, Camille, a less hurried reading of Matt's post might
> suggest I may not be the only admirer of the young Wordsworth.
>
> I'm not sure how often you'd have found him shedding those
> literal tears you admire but he certainly was a rather rare example
> of a genuine revolutionary in his early twenties.
Revolutionary he may have been, but it doesn't alter the fact that he took
it upon himself to alter the work of the far more talented Coleridge! I
just think there are far more admirable figures in the history of English
poetry than he - I would rather ten Blakes than one Wordsworth.
> (Incidentally, isn't 'poo' a rather twee word for the manly Ozzies ?
> It's what my three year old grand-niece uses.)
Well, let's face it, us Aussies are a pretty unpretentious race. We've been
known to call people `dags' - that is, the lump of faeces that gets caught
in a sheep's tail - and that's a term of mild endearment! :)
Camille
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