Wherein I discuss the quotidian reality of my life in and under music, Shakespeare, cinema, and a gallimaufry of other topics
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Eat a peach.
No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool.
I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
from T. S. Eliot, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" 11.111-125
1 comment:
I think you eat a peach:)!
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