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A sonnet for the EU

Head Rambles Posted on by

I think I have been very unfair on the European Union.

After all, they did win a Nobel Prize?

I thought I would pen a wee tribute……

 

How do I loath thee? Let me count the ways.
I loath thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I loath thee to the level of everyday’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I loath thee freely, as men might strive for Right;
I loath thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I loath thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I loath thee with a loathing I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,–I loath thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!–and, if God choose,
I shall but loath  thee better after death.

[With apologies to EBB]

 

Comments

A sonnet for the EU — 20 Comments

  2. What on earth gave you that idea?  They are living proof that dictatorship is the new democracy.

      • You'd think it would be easy wouldn't you?. Want to reply? Hit the "Reply" link in the box that holds the comment you wish to reply to. Simple yes, but like me, you have to crank your head around to the idea. I'm more used to doing this since i switched to nested comments as soon as they became available in WP but the one thing I can't seem to get out of the habit of doing is beginning each reply with:

         

        (Name of person I'm replying to) – (Whatever my reply is)

         

        Of course, it's too late to go back now as your readers seem to really like the idea. You'll get used to it soon enough.

        • The problem is that I see the blank box and just start typing.  I forget to hit the "Reply" link.  What I need is some way to shit a comment into the right area.

          I like the nested idea though.  Makes it more personal.

    • A Freudian typo!  Have you nothing better to do with your time than scan this site for errors?

      [I had to think about it, but I think I meant to type "shift"]

  4. Lovely poem, but I am sure you could have woven a few well placed expletives in somewhere!  You know the EU is worth it!

    • Were you gone?

      If you spell your email address correctly next time, I promise not to stick you in the Moderation Room.

      If there is a next time…..

  7. I have detected a perfectly symmetrical rhyming scheme in your poem Grandad: abba-cddc-effe etc.

    Your poem has both rhyme and reason. Send it to the Nobel dynamite money people in Stockholm.

    • "Send it to the Nobel dynamite money people in Stockholm."

      I don't enter for cheap meaningless awards.

  8. I'd have preferred a limerick from you on the same topic !

    You could start with something like:

    "A fading old tart called the Euro ……

    Caused bother at the Brussels Bureau,

    so they brought in more laws

    ignored the root cause,

     

    And you can finish it Grandad !!!

    • I would have gone down that route, but I couldn't think of a really obscene word to rhyme with Van Rompuy.

  9. Grandad

    Not sure if this counts a Haiku

     

    EU

    EU

    FUCK YOU

     

    feel free to forward to Brussels

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