tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post460737674099312412..comments2024-03-28T02:06:49.582+00:00Comments on In this life: Tennyson and a two-year-oldPam http://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-11054315910240180692008-11-23T11:32:00.000+00:002008-11-23T11:32:00.000+00:00Reminds me a bit of my friends' bilingual youngste...Reminds me a bit of my friends' bilingual youngsters who, when I remarked that their French was much better than mine, said 'Well yes, but we are children...'<BR/><BR/>Tennyson may have thought it half a sin but it didn't stop him going on about it for 133 cantos. Actually I love IM, though I'm sure studying it for A level turned me into a maladjusted teenage depressive. That's right, blame it on Alfred.<BR/><BR/>Have you read AS Byatt's novella about it? I can't remember what it's called but it's the second part of 'Angels and Insects'. Weird and really good.<BR/><BR/>Doubtless you didn't get many hits for this as no one studies the old codger at school any more, since unlike Mrs Gaskell he hasn't been on the telly.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-83266375359581656802008-11-17T19:21:00.000+00:002008-11-17T19:21:00.000+00:00What a beautiful poem! You always seem to post the...What a beautiful poem! You always seem to post the most wonderful things here ...Brandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10324309910118162466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-39542249764383785752008-11-16T19:35:00.000+00:002008-11-16T19:35:00.000+00:00I will never stop wanting to mollycoddle my son, o...I will never stop wanting to mollycoddle my son, of 40, who has such a sad life now, on his own. I don't feel guilty for loving him, & missing him. I say bugger what is only 'right & proper'. We are allowed to feel the way we do!meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-27831372198387053162008-11-15T12:45:00.000+00:002008-11-15T12:45:00.000+00:00Ah see? You're in great company with Lord Tennyso...Ah see? You're in great company with Lord Tennyson. Write just enough to wrap you up and keep you from the cold.<BR/><BR/>You're always such an inspiration Isabelle! And maybe you should use the line like the two year old ... "But darling, I'm just a mum!"Thimbleannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03650582809426872051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-28782482855963022172008-11-15T03:38:00.000+00:002008-11-15T03:38:00.000+00:00What a bright and wonderful two-year-old. She'll g...What a bright and wonderful two-year-old. She'll go far!<BR/><BR/>Glad you're feeling better :-)Jellyheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344630172173199819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23379328.post-74955063089931879942008-11-15T02:10:00.000+00:002008-11-15T02:10:00.000+00:00Mr. T did have a fine way with words....'Tis true ...Mr. T did have a fine way with words....'Tis true that they "half reveal and half conceal"....but oh...using them to deal with life, to sort out pain and trouble, to comfort and console, is such a comfort!mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.com