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Date Posted: 09:53:55 05/22/04 Sat
Author: jim clark london england
Subject: The Advice by Sir Walter Raleigh (listen online)

Soldier sailor explorer colonialist and man of letters Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 _ 1618) surely speaks from his own experience of a life composed of periods of great fortune counterbalanced by dire misfortune in this powerful poem in which he asserts our need for a resignation to lifes joys along with lifes inevitable downfalls.....
Heres a link to the page where you can listen to this and many other classic poems set to music...

http://tinyurl.com/29tj8

Regards.

Jim Clark
PS..Dont forget you can if you prefer listen to my sound poems at my Yahoo "sound poetry" web groups (look in "files") heres that link..
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bloozman_uk/
You can listen to this particular poem in my second yahoo "Soundpoemz" sound poetry group heres that link..
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soundpoemz/

(All rights are reserved on this sound recording/copyright/patent Jim Clark 2004)

The Advice

Many desire. but few or none deserve
To win the fort oif thy most constant will;
Therefore take heed; let fancy never swerve
but unto him that will defend thee still.
For this be sur, the fort of fame once won
Farewell the rest, thy happy days are done.

Many desire. but few or none deserve
To pluck the flowers and let the leaves to fall;
Therefore take heed; let fancy never swerve
But unto him that will take leaves and all.
For this be sure, the flower once plucked away.
Farewell the rest, thy happy days decay.

Many desire, but few or none deserve
To cut the corn not subject to the sickle;
Therefore take heed let fancy never swerve,
But constant stand, for mowers minds are fickle;
For this be sure, the crop once being obtain'd
Farewell the rest, the soil wil be disdained

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