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Mary

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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:02 pm

Joined: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:33 am
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Hello everyone, The first song on Leonard Cohen s new album Dear Heather , is Byron s So we ll go no more a roving. Word for word - no alterations of course. I got a nice surprise when I saw it. As I am sure I have mentioned before, I think it is an incredibly beautiful poem. Mary

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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:51 pm

Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2004 2:53 pm
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Thanks for letting us know Mary. So he couldn t think of his own lyrics, could he

? On a related singer/songwriter, apparently Bob Dylan has read Don Juan - my husband read this in Dylan s Chronicles . He mentions Shelley as well. I wouldn t be surprised if Dylan quotes Byron somewhere in his songs. Elizabeth

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:33 pm

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Hi Elizabeth, I think Dylan read Shelley and Pushkin too. Obviously a taste for the Romantic! Mary

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