this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters
cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, European Tribune, and My Left Wing.
image and poem below the fold
A man mourns outside a morgue after identifying the body of his father who died in a suicide car attack in Baghdad September 26, 2005. A suicide bomber killed at least six people outside Iraq’s oil ministry on Monday, a police official said. The official said initial reports suggested the bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying ministry employees. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
from The Lotos-Eaters
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
IV
Hateful is the dark-blue sky,
Vaulted o’er the dark-blue sea.
Death is the end of life; ah, why
Should life all labour be?
Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast,
And in a little while our lips are dumb.
Let us alone. What is it that will last?
All things are taken from us, and become
Portions and parcels of the dreadful past.
Let us alone. What pleasure can we have
To war with evil? Is there any peace
In ever climbing up the climbing wave?
All things have rest, and ripen toward the grave
In silence; ripen, fall and cease:
Give us long rest or death, dark death, or dreamful ease.
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