“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Both selections are downright SERENIFYING if not postive ly SOPORIFIC.
"Subtlety carried to the utnost extreme, perhaps?
I think I ould call thus MUSCA MANtRAS for want of a better term
I still much prefer the late-nineteenth and early twentieth century BRITISH composers for evoking the feeling of inner peace and great charm and beauty of pastoral, bucolic scenes.
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Both selections are downright SERENIFYING if not postive ly SOPORIFIC.
"Subtlety carried to the utnost extreme, perhaps?
I think I ould call thus MUSCA MANtRAS for want of a better term
I still much prefer the late-nineteenth and early twentieth century BRITISH composers for evoking the feeling of inner peace and great charm and beauty of pastoral, bucolic scenes.
No one did it better than Frederick Delius!
Carpe diem!
:p
ipse dixit!
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