Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on November 06, 2003 at 13:17:29 from 195.93.32.7 user ACB.
In Reply to: Re: Ultimate Shortened Stories posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on November 06, 2003 at 12:50:45:
Sorry, this is indeed compulsive....
"Sing, Muse, of the calming down of Achilles, son of Peleus."
"So, as they rode to the jousts-ward, Sir Kay remembered his sword."
"A ghost, Horatio? I think not so,
For I have been to Wurttemberg, and learned,
Such fancies have no place in modern life.
Let us return inside the hall, and join
My uncle's guests."
"Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
You know enough, and I will say no more."
"He holds him with his glittering eye --
The Wedding-Guest stood still,
Them walks on swiftly to his feast:
The Mariner stands alone."