tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post7017895465501006233..comments2024-02-27T03:45:51.563-08:00Comments on James Russell: Edward Thomas & 'The Old Ways'James Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-7264744053040100862012-06-06T15:22:32.354-07:002012-06-06T15:22:32.354-07:00And don't you long for the days when advertise...And don't you long for the days when advertisers - aiming at farmers, I believe - would use the word debility in a slogan?Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-54337878438490709982012-06-02T02:29:14.371-07:002012-06-02T02:29:14.371-07:00Thanks Neil, love the description of the poster - ...Thanks Neil, love the description of the poster - sounds like classic Thomas.James Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199461104138671799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912052734076308569.post-25482173311904192082012-05-29T15:07:59.632-07:002012-05-29T15:07:59.632-07:00One of England's greatest poets - he and Gerar...One of England's greatest poets - he and Gerard Manley Hopkins are almost the only ones where pretty well every poem and every line counts. As I recall, he used to have an advertising poster hanging in the shed where he wrote, with the enticing headline: Spring is coming, bringing debility.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.com