Friday, November 2, 2007
The Child (Excerpt)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
1 The first flush of dawn glistens on the dew-dripping leaves of the forest.
2 The man who reads the sky cries:
3 "Friends, we have come!"
4 They stop and look around.
5 On both sides of the road the corn is ripe to the horizon,
6 -- the glad golden answer of the earth to the morning light.
7 The current of daily life moves slowly
8 between the village near the hill and the one by the river bank.
9 The potter's wheel goes round, the woodcutter brings fuel to the market,
10 the cow-herd takes his cattle to the pasture,
11 and the woman with the pitcher on her head walks to the well.
12 But where is the King's castle, the mine of gold,
13 the secret book of magic,
14 the sage who knows love's utter wisdom?
15 "The stars cannot be wrong," assures the reader of the sky.
16 "Their signal points to that spot."
17 And reverently he walks to a wayside spring
18 from which wells up a stream of water, a liquid light, like the morning melting into a chorus of tears and laughter
19 Near it in a palm grove surrounded by a strange hush stands a leaf-thatched hut
20 at whose portal sits the poet of the unknown shore, and sings:
21 "Mother, open the gate!"
22 A ray of morning sun strikes aslant at the door.
23 The assembled crowd feel in their blood the primaeval chant of creation:
24 "Mother, open the gate!"
25 The gate opens.
26 The mother is seated on a straw bed with the babe on her lap,
27 Like the dawn with the morning star.
28 The sun's ray that was waiting at the door outside falls on the head of the child.
29 The poet strikes his lute and sings out:
30 "Victory to Man, the new-born, the ever-living!"
31 They kneel down, -- the king and the beggar, the saint and the sinner,
32 the wise and the fool, -- and cry:
33 "Victory to Man, the new-born, the ever-living!"
34 The old man from the East murmurs to himself:
35 "I have seen!"
Notes
1] Originally written in English in a single night and later translated into Bengali as Sishutirtha (Iyengar, p. 119).
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Friday, October 12, 2007
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
Hi Class,
Ok, here's the schedule for your speech presentations. These are in completely random order.
I will send the rubrics early this afternoon.
Miss C.
Monday1. Judy, Al, Danielle, Ashley, Gretchee, Sharon
2. Christine, Ein, Evander, Aldwin, JC, Alson
Tuesday AM1. Tebby, Scott, Jake, Brinton, Jollie Mar
2. Cristina, Dyanne, Tymothy, Arielle, Mark, Harvey
Tuesday PM1. Sigrid, Michelle, Jerison, Abigaille, Jesse
2. Jan, Samantha, Charlyn, Ming Li, Brandon
Next Week1. Maureen, Jacqueline, Hazel, Fitz, Angelo
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
Hi Class,
Reading for next week is "Cabuliwallah". It's a short story that can be found in your English textbook (Runways in English). Consiquently, your spelling words for the week will come from that story.
See you tomorrow,
Miss C.
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Saturday, September 8, 2007
Ash, Sam and Brinton were the lowest 3 this week. In the end, BRINTON was eliminated. Save you favorite idol now! To vote, click the name of the Contestant and press Vote Now!
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Hi Class,
In case the word hasn't spread, I'm back. So that means, it's back to work -- for both you and me. So here's your assignment for tomorrow. Read pages 138 and 139 in your Runways for English text. We'll start using your book this quarter so that at least you'll get your money's worth. As is always the case, we'll also be getting material from other texts but in any case, there's some good stuff in your textbook. Finally, BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS TOMORROW and be ready to TALK.
See you tomorrow,
Miss C.
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