Thursday, January 1, 2004

The Old Arm-Chair Comments

Rating: 2.7

I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ?
I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ;
I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.
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Eliza Cook
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Vicky Iliaens 04 September 2017

waw! this one is just a top written emotion and a very speaking image, self explanatory but having depth and emotion so much more than some poems I read from this poet (?) , the sketch of this portrait is so refined and touchable yet untouchable how I can appreciate that, who cannot in fact I sometimes wonder. sad and yet so warm, tender, and a nice undertone that makes the sad here turn into a nice feeling. It could indeed set my emotions running,10!

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Walterrean Salley 15 September 2014

Absolutely lovely. How precious a family keepsake. Very nostalgic.

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Vicky Iliaens 04 September 2017

I can't disagree on that one! leave just two words out of this poem and still it will be catching you, touching loving!

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