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By Larry Fyffe
In the poetic lines beneath, all along the shore by the Jungian waves, two sea horse riders are approaching – the winds begin to howl:
No mortal eye could see The intimate welding of their later history Or sign that they were bent By paths coincident (Thomas Hardy: Lines Composed On The Loss Of The Titanic)
The song lyrics below seem a tribute paid to the blue Titanic writer from the Late Victorian era:
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense Take what you have gathered from coincidence (Bob Dylan: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue)
A verse of regret from the poet:
I look into my glass And view my wasting skin And say, 'Would God it came to pass My heart had shrunk as thin!" (Thomas Hardy: I Look Into My Glass)
From the singer/songwriter/musician:
Oh, I awoke in anger So alone and terrified I put my fingers against the glass And bowed my head, and cried (Bob Dylan: I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine)
Below, the poet ponders the mystery of time, and of life and death:
Yet is it that, through whiling Through time somehow In walking, talking, smiling I live not now (Thomas Hardy: The Dead Man Walking)
The flight of time figures into the following song lyrics:
Ain't talking, just walking Through this weary world of woe Heart burning, still yearning No one on earth would ever know (Bob Dylan: Ain't Talking)
In the poem beneath, fleeting love shoots by:
You love not me
And love alone can lend you loyalty I know and knew it. But, unto the store Of human deeds divine in all but name Was it not worth a little hour or more (Thomas Hardy: A Broken Appointment)
And this in a Universe that gives not a damn as to what is going to happen:
I don't sense affection No gratitude or love Your loyalty is not to me But to the stars above One more cup of coffee before I go (Bob Dylan: One More Cup Of Coffee)
Darkling visions these two riders see – momentary shadows on the stones are we – and what’s worse, deserving of little pity:
And the thin note of pity that came: "A king's daughter is she" ... Enghosted seers, kings - one on horseback who asked "Is it peace?" Yea, strange things and spectral may men have beheld in Jezreal (Thomas Hardy: Jezreel)
And now a little grave humour to help matters along:
The ghost of Belle Starr, she hands down her wits To Jezebel the nun who violently knits A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits At the head of the Chamber of Commerce (Bob Dylan: Tombstone Blues
And some music too as the Titanic goes down:
Sing ballad-singer from your little book Make me forget these heartbreaks, achings, and fears Make me forget her name, her sweet sweet look Make me forget her tears (Thomas Hardy: The Ballad-Singer)
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