On the front page of Gransnet, for Shakespeare Week (on at the moment of course) there is a selection of "gransnetters' top quotes". All of them "funny". Which is fine as far as it goes, but come on!!! Shakespeare is about a lot more than that! Why not some quotes with a bit more profundity? A bit more beauty???
Is this supposed to reflect the depth of Gransnetters' thinking?
I feel September coming, subtle, slow; The promise of the springtime now is mine. I wonder, though, if ever autumn's glow Equals the clear brightness of springtime? I think not. But the difference is all; Both gold and green are beautiful to see, And all the golden leaves that softly fall, In dying, will bring life back to the tree. Fall gently then, and let the springtime go. Let old leaves fall and let the new ones grow.
Are we making them up now, then?here is a worthy bit of verse[ though not mine] I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life, it makes the peas taste funny, but it keeps them on the knife! [Spike Milligan.]