Erudite achievement unlocked!
Jan. 18th, 2019 05:14 pmI am exceedingly proud (and have been for literally hours, I am easy to please): I quoted a piece of poetry in casual conversation and with perfect placement today! Just like all the fan/fiction about fancy British folks.
The snippet was Shelley, from Adonais:
The snippet was Shelley, from Adonais:
And the scene was some Mayan ruins in Belize, and a discussion about the post-apocalyptic experience of the 1,000 Mayan villagers living in the ruins of a city meant for 60,000 at the time of the Spanish arriving. 3,000 continuous years of occupation of this place! The fall of empires, man.And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise
And flowering weeds, and fragrant copses dress
The bones of Desolation's nakedness