Received: from fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca (fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca [128.100.43.253]) by tapehost.texas.net (8.8.8/2.4) with ESMTP id RAA17007 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 17:01:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id RAA21979 for emweb-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 17:56:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca: majordom set sender to owner-emweb@mgmt.utoronto.ca using -f From: LouisFors Message-ID: Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 17:56:02 EDT To: emweb@fmgmt.mgmt.utoronto.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: # 1393 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 49 Sender: owner-emweb@mgmt.utoronto.ca Precedence: list Reply-To: emweb@mgmt.utoronto.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-UIDL: 968ee147c486524e7d7c5f7b6cd65c70 Doris wrote: > << Does every instrinsic > person who does not gain fame suffer the fate of being chastened? >> > > Can a person be intrinsic if they do gain fame? Can a person be intrinsic > without being chastened? > > #1393 > Lay this Laurel on the One > Too intrinsic for Renown - > Laurel - veil your deathless tree - > Him you chasten, that is He! > > I'm looking at the first line -- "this laurel" is a specific laurel which is > actually the absence of reward (laurel). A catch-22? Your prize is not > winning the prize! Wow, the "*this* laurel" discovery! Well, that's what ED is all about. She probably knew all along the trouble she'd be causing everybody who fell in love with her poetry. Louis Forsdale