i wish to add my thoughts on two lines - And like some angel's haloed brow
You reek of purity - i've always been in love with that expression. it is scathingly ironic and full of vitriol while indicating a person who engages in evil yet believes themselves to be righteous. i know this person well. it describes my father perfectly. to boil that all down to the poetry of those four words and charge them with intensity is an accomplishment to be recognized.
@ghostbat Hear, hear! I love that line too. It makes me think of religious fanaticism — the ultimate expression of self-righteousness. The conquistadors and many of their contemporaries used religion as an excuse for massive violence (and in the case of the conquistadors, genocide). (Amusing fact: actually their chief mission was to find a sea route to Asia (which many thought they had succeeded in doing) and bring back gold and other precious metals, gemstones, etc. When they didn't find any valuables they recognised as such, some of them, including the most famous, Hernando...
@ghostbat Hear, hear! I love that line too. It makes me think of religious fanaticism — the ultimate expression of self-righteousness. The conquistadors and many of their contemporaries used religion as an excuse for massive violence (and in the case of the conquistadors, genocide). (Amusing fact: actually their chief mission was to find a sea route to Asia (which many thought they had succeeded in doing) and bring back gold and other precious metals, gemstones, etc. When they didn't find any valuables they recognised as such, some of them, including the most famous, Hernando Cortez, sent letters back to the monarchs who had hired them (in Cortez's case, Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain) claiming that there was gold everywhere and so forth.)
i wish to add my thoughts on two lines - And like some angel's haloed brow You reek of purity - i've always been in love with that expression. it is scathingly ironic and full of vitriol while indicating a person who engages in evil yet believes themselves to be righteous. i know this person well. it describes my father perfectly. to boil that all down to the poetry of those four words and charge them with intensity is an accomplishment to be recognized.
@ghostbat Hear, hear! I love that line too. It makes me think of religious fanaticism — the ultimate expression of self-righteousness. The conquistadors and many of their contemporaries used religion as an excuse for massive violence (and in the case of the conquistadors, genocide). (Amusing fact: actually their chief mission was to find a sea route to Asia (which many thought they had succeeded in doing) and bring back gold and other precious metals, gemstones, etc. When they didn't find any valuables they recognised as such, some of them, including the most famous, Hernando...
@ghostbat Hear, hear! I love that line too. It makes me think of religious fanaticism — the ultimate expression of self-righteousness. The conquistadors and many of their contemporaries used religion as an excuse for massive violence (and in the case of the conquistadors, genocide). (Amusing fact: actually their chief mission was to find a sea route to Asia (which many thought they had succeeded in doing) and bring back gold and other precious metals, gemstones, etc. When they didn't find any valuables they recognised as such, some of them, including the most famous, Hernando Cortez, sent letters back to the monarchs who had hired them (in Cortez's case, Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain) claiming that there was gold everywhere and so forth.)