Re: Shakespeare/Longfellow
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Shakespeare/Longfellow
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:21:36 -0500
>I'm not too well up on Shakespeare (we only studied MacBeth (I'm not
>superstitous) and Romeo and Juliet at school - loved MacBeth!) but I have
>heard a quote by Longfellow - "Thou art the iris, fair among the fairest". I
>think we can all agree with that, but does anyone know which of Longfellow's
>works this quote is taken from?
I'm sure someone (Jim or Carolyn?) will find it - but here is more
of this quote:
The Iris
Thou art the iris, fair among the fairest,
Who, armed with golden rod
And winged with celestial azure, bearest
The message of some God.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-82)
Ellen Gallagher
e_galla@moose.ncia.net
