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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Crazy Jane talks with the Bishop

Crazy Jane Talks With The Bishop


















I met the Bishop on the road
And much said he and I.
'Those breasts are flat and fallen now,
Those veins must soon be dry;
Live in a heavenly mansion,
Not in some foul sty.'

'Fair and foul are near of kin,
And fair needs foul,' I cried.
'My friends are gone, but that's a truth
Nor grave nor bed denied,
Learned in bodily lowliness
And in the heart's pride.

'A woman can be proud and stiff
When on love intent;
But Love has pitched his mansion in
The place of excrement;
For nothing can be sole or whole
That has not been rent.'

William Butler Yeats
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2 comments:

  1. The Very Rev. Anthony R. PompaApril 28, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    We will be discussing this poem today in light of the Gospel, the saints, and disgust.

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  2. cooking for oneApril 29, 2010 at 10:24 AM

    Thanks, Matthew, for a lively and disgusting discussion of the saints last night! I believe today is the Feast of Catherine of Siena, and I will certainly not be feasting in her honor:)

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