Today's Post

24 January 2010

Wit



I was composed when I watched this film, but it moved me a thousand times more than any other movie I have seen. This is a poem quoted throughout the movie:


Death, be not proud
by John Donne
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee;
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell;
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

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Lance said...

It sure looks interesting. Do you have a copy I can borrow? :D

Karen said...

Lance, it will be shown tomorrow tuesday conference :)

Lance said...

Man, I was planning not to attend pa naman.