It (the Four Quartets) is one of the greatest treasures of our language. I have read and re-read it countless times since I first "discovered" it in 1954. It never ceases to amaze me, it is so carefully written, not a single superfluous word.
I came here because of Poetry Unforgotten. When I listened to No. 1 and No. 2 I fell in love with TS Eliot poems. I might not have if I had heard his reading of it first 😳. I find that so interesting.
These are some of most exquisite poems in the English language, but are they ever complex, philosophically and imagery-wise. Yet they are musical, and need to be heard as well as read, and re-read. And Eliot reading his own work, with his strange, affected accent, well, this is one for a Homo sapiens time capsule. Thank you for posting this.
When kids complain about being forced to study "boring old stuff" at school -I always think of how I had to study the Four Quartets for A level Eng Lit. I would never have read these poems if I hadn't had to write essays about them, however I grew to love them and they have remained precious to me. I still remember that one lesson on a dark winter's afternoon, while we were reading and discussing Little Gidding and the whole thing began to make sense to me.And I still prefer Eliot's own recitation of his poetry.
time past and time future allow but a little consciousness, to be conscious is not to be in time, oh, yes here we are finding the flickering of our lives, seeking a way to put a nail in the fleeting of selves and of place, yet striving on, moving, keeping hold of what is never still
read portions of this at my mother's funeral ... ending with the ending of course ... "When the tongues of flame are in-folded...Into the crowned knot of fire...And the fire and the rose are one."
I read the last section of Little Gidding at my father's Memorial service. He was a Stained Glass artist and was inspired by "the dove descending" in many of his windows. He also used glass in the same way that Eliot describes his use of words. Eliot and Bach were his guiding artistic influences - subtlety and texture!
Do I hear thunder and lightning in the background, or is it workmen in some other part of the building from where the recording is taking place? It must be the power of high definition stereo and pre stereo recordings (recorded in black and white) re-recorded. I am 67 years old now and even though my hearing is bad and the head noises that have become my companion since September 2011 that affect everyday things once taken for granted, with the Bluetooth headphones I can detect them, amazing, why not use Bluetooth in the construction of new hearing aids, and use it in business premises to aid customers, employees and employer to aid better communication?. Just a thought...Love always
😂whether the indic sutra of a veiled Christian ethos of experience, suffering & liberation towards a fulfillment in UNKNOWN chairs in tempore...a mystery of language of hope, & the visitation Of fiery ministry of the gentilesse overseeing of Angels....O T.S. ELIOT, a unclaimed bodhisattva of Our unraveling times...
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It (the Four Quartets) is one of the greatest treasures of our language. I have read and re-read it countless times since I first "discovered"
it in 1954. It never ceases to amaze me, it is so carefully written, not a single superfluous word.
I came here because of Poetry Unforgotten. When I listened to No. 1 and No. 2 I fell in love with TS Eliot poems. I might not have if I had heard his reading of it first 😳. I find that so interesting.
To hear Eliot reading his own work is wonderful.
@@raymorgan4337 Thank you. I knew the album was important when I saw it. I'm glad it is bringing so much pleasure.
These are some of most exquisite poems in the English language, but are they ever complex, philosophically and imagery-wise. Yet they are musical, and need to be heard as well as read, and re-read. And Eliot reading his own work, with his strange, affected accent, well, this is one for a Homo sapiens time capsule.
Thank you for posting this.
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When kids complain about being forced to study "boring old stuff" at school -I always think of how I had to study the Four Quartets for A level Eng Lit. I would never have read these poems if I hadn't had to write essays about them, however I grew to love them and they have remained precious to me. I still remember that one lesson on a dark winter's afternoon, while we were reading and discussing Little Gidding and the whole thing began to make sense to me.And I still prefer Eliot's own recitation of his poetry.
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Thank you for this.
Thank you!
The summit of poetry
Oh my goodness, thank you
time past and time future allow but a little consciousness, to be conscious is not to be in time, oh, yes here we are finding the flickering of our lives, seeking a way to put a nail in the fleeting of selves and of place, yet striving on, moving, keeping hold of what is never still
read portions of this at my mother's funeral ... ending with the ending of course ... "When the tongues of flame are in-folded...Into the crowned knot of fire...And the fire and the rose are one."
I read the last section of Little Gidding at my father's Memorial service. He was a Stained Glass artist and was inspired by "the dove descending" in many of his windows. He also used glass in the same way that Eliot describes his use of words. Eliot and Bach were his guiding artistic influences - subtlety and texture!
The Ouija board of TH-cam has brought me many delights!
Ouija board or roulette wheel of fortunes?
Do I hear thunder and lightning in the background, or is it workmen in some other part of the building from where the recording is taking place? It must be the power of high definition stereo and pre stereo recordings (recorded in black and white) re-recorded. I am 67 years old now and even though my hearing is bad and the head noises that have become my companion since September 2011 that affect everyday things once taken for granted, with the Bluetooth headphones I can detect them, amazing, why not use Bluetooth in the construction of new hearing aids, and use it in business premises to aid customers, employees and employer to aid better communication?. Just a thought...Love always
& of the LONDONER, ENGLAND & AMERIKKAS---
is this work considered heretical by the Anglican and Catholic church?
😂whether the indic sutra of a veiled Christian ethos of experience, suffering & liberation towards a fulfillment in UNKNOWN
chairs in tempore...a mystery of language of hope, & the visitation
Of fiery ministry of the gentilesse overseeing of Angels....O T.S. ELIOT, a unclaimed bodhisattva of
Our unraveling times...