[Magdalen] Prayers ANSWERED: missing, beloved dog is found!

[Grace Cangialosi]

Jim, was he the one who wrote the poem beginning "When I have slipped the surly bonds of earth..."?

> On Feb 19, 2016, at 8:37 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> Sub writes:
>> Sorry, never could, though I have read it, of course, and the others.  I deliberately memorized a lot of sonnets,
> Girls just didn't get attached to fine poetry like Robert service <g>.
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> >that over in my head to be certain I still have it, and the rest are just first or last lines, if that.  I had a lot of psalms, too, but the >Episcopal Church messed me up some with those, with the Prayer Book translations and every Sunday, and I'm not sure I can even >do the 23rd word perfect in either version, from having my rhythm messed up on so many Sundays.
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> Me too . . .
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> In my youth, I could sing (don't ask to recite <g>) in 4-part Anglican Chant nearly the entire Coverdale Psalter by memory. The translation in the '79 removed that ability.
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> Of course, Victoriana is often avoided in today's TEC -- whether it be Stainer, Dykes and other such ("Victorian Slush!" they sneer) including Anglican Chant,
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> I've never seen the value of discarding our unique heritage in favor of, say, the faux "authenticity" of plainchant, for example.
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> Cheers,
> Jim
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