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The muse for trying times. . .
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Do not go gentle into that good night,


Old age should burn and rave at close of day;


Rage, rage against the dying of the light.


Though wise men at their end know dark is right,


Because their gentle words had forked no lightning they


Do not go gentle into that good night.


Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright


Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,


Rage, rage against the dying of the light.


Wild men who were caught and sang the sun if flight,


And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,


Do not go gentle into that good night.


Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight


Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,


Rage, rage against the dying of the light.


And you, my father, there on the sad height,


Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.


Do not go gentle into that good night.


Rage, rage against the dying of the light.


~Dylan Thomas


This poem keeps coming to my mind whenever I think of the struggle that all of us has faced in trying to save this university from "the dying of the light."  Which is what will happen if Thames stays here and the faculty continues to leave.


If anyone else has borrowed or original works that they would like to add, please feel free to do so on this thread.


 



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educator

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IT WON'T HAPPEN. Stay with me on this.

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Publius

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Here's a thought:

"Corruption. The surest way to corupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
-Nietzsche, from "The Dawn", 1881


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Feeling out of words today...very depressed about the HA article talking about making peace...there will be no peace under this administration...no quarter.


DANCING IN THE DARK


I get up in the evening
and I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired
Man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help

You can't start a fire
You can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
even if we're just dancing in the dark

Message keeps getting clearer
radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
I check my look in the mirror
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man I ain't getting nowhere
I'm just living in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere
baby I just know that there is

You can't start a fire
you can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
even if we're just dancing in the dark

You sit around getting older
there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
I'll shake this world off my shoulders
come on baby this laugh's on me

Stay on the streets of this town
and they'll be carving you up alright
They say you gotta stay hungry
hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action
I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
come on now baby gimme just one look

You can't start a fire sitting 'round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Hey baby


- Bob Dylan



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Originally posted by: Maudlin
"Feeling out of words today...very depressed about the HA article talking about making peace...there will be no peace under this administration...no quarter.
DANCING IN THE DARK
- Bob Dylan"


Bruce Springsteen wrote this, altho Bob Dylan did play it once or twice in concert...

For plenty of muses, check the lyric section at bobdylan.com.

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Maudlin

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Originally posted by: Invictus
" Bruce Springsteen wrote this, altho Bob Dylan did play it once or twice in concert... For plenty of muses, check the lyric section at bobdylan.com."
Invictus, Thanks for correcting me.  I am so sorry - I knew that - my mistake...

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wary undergrad

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"IT WON'T HAPPEN. Stay with me on this."
You're right, educator.  It won't happen.  I may be graduating from USM this semester -but I'm still going to be here and I'll still be in the fight to save this university from Thames and his minions.

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I've worked too hard on this issue to let it die now...I'm in for the long haul.  My friends are still at USM, and they are still being oppressed.  Until that black pall is lifted, I'll still do what I can until my friends feel safe to communicate their ideas and opinions freely again.

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