tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44337682202076810802024-03-08T09:51:14.996-08:00Quantum Leapersquantumleaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541946819941475900noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433768220207681080.post-33353370347618489752012-07-18T15:32:00.000-07:002012-07-18T15:32:32.419-07:00No time?Recently I was reading 'Leisure' by W. H. Davies<br />
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What is this life if, full of care,<br />
We have no time to stand and stare.<br />
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No time to stand beneath the boughs<br />
And stare as long as sheep or cows.<br />
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No time to see, when woods we pass,<br />
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.<br />
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No time to see in broad daylight,<br />
Streams full of stars, like skies at night,<br />
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No time to turn at Beauty's glance,<br />
And watch her feet, how they can dance.<br />
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No time to wait till her mouth can<br />
Enrich that smile her eyes began.<br />
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A poor life this if, full of care,<br />
We have no time to stand and stare.<br />
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This lead me to read his biography and I found he was born of Welsh parents in a public-house called Church House at Newport, in the county of Monmouthshire, April 20, 1870.<br />
He worked as a cattleman, panhandler, berry-picker, rode the rails in the U.S.A. and had his right foot cut off by a train in Canada. I can recommend 'The Autobiography of a Super Tramp' (if it is still available) as a good read - it is an inspiration to those of us today who have such easy lives and still find it hard to write!quantumleaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541946819941475900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433768220207681080.post-69885663790516575662012-07-15T16:05:00.000-07:002012-07-15T16:05:00.241-07:00Letter BoxHello Fellow Quantum Leap Readers - for those of us living out of England it would be nice to hear from you - your favourite poets and poems for instance - and anything else you may like to share.<br />
Here's hoping to hear from you soon, Dorothy Williamsquantumleaperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541946819941475900noreply@blogger.com8