tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post1807420359612617375..comments2024-03-29T00:07:13.458-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: A long — long Sleep — A famous — Sleep —Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-11215861264437729302023-09-26T16:17:51.991-07:002023-09-26T16:17:51.991-07:00ED sounds not only laidback about death, there’s a...ED sounds not only laidback about death, there’s a longing sound to Stanza 2: <br /><br />Was ever idleness like This?<br />Upon a Bank of Stone<br />To bask the Centuries away —<br />Nor once look up — for Noon?<br /><br />Franklin estimates ED copied this poem into Fascicle 22 “about late 1862”. During that year she copied 226 poems into fascicles. In 1863 she copied 295 poems into fascicles. No wonder ED longed for “idleness . . . to bask the centuries away, nor once look up for noon.” Death sounds not so bad when you’re exhausted from turning out almost a poem a day.<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.com