Ah, thanks for this posting and thanks to prior comments, Sean, Julia--nice to see Wystan leaning in with taut, relentless rhyme to God and the sun's acetylene design.
We found all that in our dad’s desk drawer just before the u Haul was going to leave with all the stuff we wanted from his house in Florida , that we think is about to sell finally just now.
Also my great uncle served WW II in Darwin, Aus- I have phots and a letter Uncle Stan had written to my dad - complaining about gettingbwet Bombed his foxhole and his stationary got all wet- and he had to use nferior jap paper!!
I once worked as a child care/ entertainment Au pair for a well- heeled family in Chicago- their special angels had 2 pinball games..., in the one study hung a b&whte t. S. Eliot , a poem about Merlin ...... ooooooooh
It's always a pleasure to find new (for me) Audens.
Ah, thanks for this posting and thanks to prior comments, Sean, Julia--nice to see Wystan leaning in with taut, relentless rhyme to God and the sun's acetylene design.
A different sort of fleet visit
SHANGHAIED
A calling to serve carries its own wisdom,
which legitimates both the calling and the serving
so that the two are one.
Only the one called to serve
can know this wisdom,
and for some who are called
the knowing comes easily,
while for others the knowing is a fiery baptism.
Each calling is different,
and while some callings can be declined,
others cannot,
and those whose calling is without repentance
know they are in it for the duration of the calling,
and while others may try to persuade them out of it,
the calling for ones such as these always prevails;
thus is it advised to all called for keeps
that they view their calling as a blessing
even when it seems at times to be a curse,
and that they try to reconcile the loss of their captain status
and allow the Spirit of God to man the helm of their ship,
and be glad and willing crew members thereon,
knowing that all sailing ships of souls
need a crew as well as a captain
to maintain and navigate the ship through
seas of many tones, depths and flavors;
so consider each league sailed
as part of the overall journey
going to where the captain deigns to go
by using whatever winds and sea currents available
to navigate the ship to the experiences
this ship and crew need to have
in order to fulfill their calling and its wisdom
revealed by the journey of many leagues,
many known only to the ship and its crew,
all of whom come to know,
some sooner than others,
that once conscripted
there is no safe jumping ship.
Wonderful piece of literature. Thanks for sharing
We found all that in our dad’s desk drawer just before the u Haul was going to leave with all the stuff we wanted from his house in Florida , that we think is about to sell finally just now.
How amazing and auspicious was finding that?!
Also my great uncle served WW II in Darwin, Aus- I have phots and a letter Uncle Stan had written to my dad - complaining about gettingbwet Bombed his foxhole and his stationary got all wet- and he had to use nferior jap paper!!
I once worked as a child care/ entertainment Au pair for a well- heeled family in Chicago- their special angels had 2 pinball games..., in the one study hung a b&whte t. S. Eliot , a poem about Merlin ...... ooooooooh
Wow. I feel the principle action takes strong character to be vulnerable. Great literature.