What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons…

– Wilfred Owen

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    True, I wrote a limerick when I was a kid and now I’m begging for sonnets on skid row.

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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      Here’s a free one to keep the shakes away:

      How Do I Love Thee? By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

      How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
      I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
      My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
      For the ends of being and ideal grace.
      I love thee to the level of every day’s
      Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
      I love thee freely, as men strive for right;
      I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
      I love with a passion put to use
      In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
      I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
      With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath,
      Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,
      I shall but love thee better after death.

      Edit: Kind internet stranger pointed out to fix the formatting issue,

      • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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        This is Markdown, like Reddit. There is an easy fix, and you don’t need bullets (though that did the job in a pinch, good thinking). Check it out:

        If you put two spaces after every line before the line break, they will display as separate lines.
        Without the spaces, the line breaks don’t matter and you end up with a big paragraph.
        I usually do four spaces just because, but two spaces should do the job.
        Try it.

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        You can’t apologize in advance after you do the thing you’re apologizing for. That’s just apologizing.