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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:45 pm
Post subject: Abyssinias
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Abyssinias
by Percy Bysshe Shelley's Cat
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: A huge four-footed limestone form
Sits in the desert, sinking in the sand.
Its whiskered face, though marred by wind and storm,
Still flaunts the dainty ears, the collar band
And feline traits the sculptor well portrayed:
The bearing of a born aristocrat,
The stubborn will no mortal can dissuade.
And on its base, in long-dead alphabets,
These words are set: "Reward for missing cat!
His name is Abyssinias, pet of pets;
I Ozymandias, will a fortune pay
For his return. He heard me speak of vets-
O foolish King! And so he ran away."
source: Poetry for Cats, by Henry Beard , 1994 |
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:49 pm
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Talashar wrote:
> Abyssinias
> by Percy Bysshe Shelley's Cat
>
> I met a traveler from an antique land
> Who said: A huge four-footed limestone form
> Sits in the desert, sinking in the sand.
> Its whiskered face, though marred by wind and storm,
> Still flaunts the dainty ears, the collar band
> And feline traits the sculptor well portrayed:
> The bearing of a born aristocrat,
> The stubborn will no mortal can dissuade.
> And on its base, in long-dead alphabets,
> These words are set: "Reward for missing cat!
> His name is Abyssinias, pet of pets;
> I Ozymandias, will a fortune pay
> For his return. He heard me speak of vets-
> O foolish King! And so he ran away."
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> source: Poetry for Cats, by Henry Beard , 1994
That's it... I'm off to Amazon to see if Poetry for Cats is still for
sale somewhere...
:>
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:45 pm
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"m_thomas3" wrote in...
> Talashar wrote:
>> Abyssinias
>> by Percy Bysshe Shelley's Cat
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>> source: Poetry for Cats, by Henry Beard , 1994
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> That's it... I'm off to Amazon to see if Poetry for Cats is still for sale somewhere...
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> :>
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> --
> Megan
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I got my copy back in 2003 . looks like all they have now is the used books for sale 
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:45 pm
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Talashar wrote:
> "m_thomas3" wrote in...
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>> Talashar wrote:
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>>> Abyssinias by Percy Bysshe Shelley's Cat
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>>> source: Poetry for Cats, by Henry Beard , 1994
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>> That's it... I'm off to Amazon to see if Poetry for Cats is still
>> for sale somewhere...
>>
>> :> Megan
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> I got my copy back in 2003 . looks like all they have now is the
> used books for sale
That's almost better. I'm so darned efficient at used bookstore
browsing that I've run out of "books I'd like to own but don't want
urgently enough to Buy Now" -- i.e., books I can use as an excuse to
browse in a bookstore!
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Megan
Journeyperson Dancing Barbarian
Keeper o' the FAQ: http://home.earthlink.net/~m_thomas3/abml/ >> Stay informed about: Abyssinias |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:34 pm
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Megan wrote:
> Talashar wrote:
<snippage hath occurred>
> > I got my copy back in 2003 . looks like all they have now is the
> > used books for sale
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> That's almost better. I'm so darned efficient at used bookstore
> browsing that I've run out of "books I'd like to own but don't want
> urgently enough to Buy Now" -- i.e., books I can use as an excuse to
> browse in a bookstore!
Check here first: http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm - alibris
shows a bunch available, along with other cat poetry books.
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Purrt the ghatta
Smitten Kitten
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Disciple to the Goddess of Chocolate
Owner of a full Pedant's licenc/se
Goddess of Impertinence
Snikkrish the Tearer
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:45 pm
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"m_thomas3" wrote...
> Talashar wrote:
>>>
>>> That's it... I'm off to Amazon to see if Poetry for Cats is still
>>> for sale somewhere...
>>>
>>> :> Megan
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>> I got my copy back in 2003 . looks like all they have now is the
>> used books for sale
>
> That's almost better. I'm so darned efficient at used bookstore browsing that I've run out of "books I'd like to own but don't
> want urgently enough to Buy Now" -- i.e., books I can use as an excuse to browse in a bookstore!
>
> --
> Megan
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I envy you. the idea of used bookstores hasn't quite come to us here in Israel.
And Amazon policies prohibits me from ordering used books (it seems that
some countries have bad reputations regarding payment to individual sellers).
Anyway I'll stop soon, I'm typing these out by hand from the book and I'm almost
out of short poems 
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:38 pm
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Talashar wrote:
> "m_thomas3" wrote...
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>> Talashar wrote:
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>>>> That's it... I'm off to Amazon to see if Poetry for Cats
>>>> is still for sale somewhere...
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>>>> :> Megan
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>>> I got my copy back in 2003 . looks like all they have now
>>> is the used books for sale
>>
>> That's almost better. I'm so darned efficient at used
>> bookstore browsing that I've run out of "books I'd like to
>> own but don't want urgently enough to Buy Now" -- i.e.,
>> books I can use as an excuse to browse in a bookstore!
> I envy you. the idea of used bookstores hasn't quite come to
> us here in Israel. And Amazon policies prohibits me from
> ordering used books (it seems that some countries have bad
> reputations regarding payment to individual sellers).
Well, my current hometown is a leeeetle short on used bookstores.
But I go on holiday sometimes, and I like to stop in used
bookstores when I find them.
I, eerrr, used to live in Berkeley, CA. Home of a teensky
weensky university... with accompanying used bookstores of quite
heavenly size. I miss those bookstores.
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Megan
Journeyperson Dancing Barbarian
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:45 am
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On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:49:13 -0700, "m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"
<"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote:
>That's it... I'm off to Amazon to see if Poetry for Cats is still for
>sale somewhere...
Try betterworld.com. They have it and also Old Possums Book of
Practical Cats. I used to have that - its lovely! >> Stay informed about: Abyssinias |
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