Post by McGonagallsGirl on Jan 15, 2007 20:50:32 GMT -5
I was reading my Emily Dickenson, and thinking, at the same time, about the people hundreds of years from now who will be reading Harry Potter the way we read Pride and Prejudice, how these characters will outlive me, my children, and so on...and then I found this. Perfect.
STEP lightly on this narrow spot!
The broadest land that grows
Is not so ample as the breast
These emerald seams enclose.
Step lofty; for this name is told
As far as cannon dwell,
Or flag subsist, or fame export
Her deathless syllable.
STEP lightly on this narrow spot!
The broadest land that grows
Is not so ample as the breast
These emerald seams enclose.
Step lofty; for this name is told
As far as cannon dwell,
Or flag subsist, or fame export
Her deathless syllable.
