Stars His choir in the heavenly cathedral,
Precipiced mountains and proud pines its buttresses.
Echo by echo the song rings forth
From shaking foundations to silvery treble,
Treading, majestic, the vault from pole to pole,
Each note making hearts quiver and breath catch
Here on the tiled floor of land and sea, forest and plain
Where men stand, stained glass pictures of a greater reality.
Listen, mortal.
Can you hear the Music of the Spheres?
The Two Kinds of Moderate
1 year ago
6 comments:
oooh, ooooh, I think I heard it!!!
hahahaha first comment on Crystal's blog!!!!!!! I'm so glad you finally got one. w00t!!
anybody watching the Olympics?
Ah, you found my blog! It's still a work in progress. How do you like it?
Second comment on my own blog.
haha, when I read that, I had the exact same reaction verya did, and I was going to start with "ooh, ooooh"
*pouts* But she did it first.
oh, I'm sowwy....
but that doesn't mean you can't do it too Beth! heck, we all copy each other on so many things already.
I like your blog extremely much Crystal - it's so pretty!!!!
I got pictures taken today and lots of them came out really well! it's gonna be hard to choose just one.
like Lay's - betcha can't eat just one.
oh yes and I went golfing today too, first time this season. it actually wasn't too bad and I didn't get really upset at all which was nice for a change. season starts Monday blah......
ugh.
Wow, you wrote that Crystal???
I'm quite impressed. Why the spheres? Why not squares, or the earth, or life?
*bows to applauding audience* I'm tickled that I actually managed to capture the essence of what I was after in this.
The Music of the Squares, oh dear, that's hilarious! Do you mean, Em, that you're not actually familiar with the old Greek concept of the music of the spheres? I don't mean to sound condescending...go skim the beginning of this if you're not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_spheres
The concept of the stars and planets singing is found all over in literature and myths, and it's always fascinated me. I suppose this poem is my trying to unpack the concept and explain why it sends shivers down my spine when I think about it.
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