Re: Petra

On 24 Apr 2006 05:22:09 -0700, "jadel" <delcolja@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


The website <<petranationalfoundation.org>> quotes the commonly
cited 14 lines and says they are from the poem --Petra--, suggesting
that Usborne is correct about the poem's not being a sonnet.

J. Del Col

Thanks for the link. The actual URL is
http://petranationalfoundation.org/donations.html

The wording is tantalizing; it suggests but not actually confirm that
the commmonly cited lines are from a larger poem.


Richard Harter, cri@xxxxxxxx
http://home.tiac.net/~cri, http://www.varinoma.com
It is not wise to examine apparent coincidences too closely.
Sometimes they are not coincidences at all.
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