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Originally Posted by wade-w
I have a complete works of Dylan Thomas. In Storage. Along with all of my books. In Atlanta. Which is 1600 miles from here. 
I sometimes have trouble figuring out what he's trying to say, but for sheer breathtaking imagery, he's one of the very best. |
I agree. Sorry about your books.
Here's one that always sticks around for good reason as well--
Ozymandias
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said--"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart....Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings,
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
Just like the remains of this thread will one day be lost among the vast wasteland of the internet...