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<DIV>When <FONT size=3>Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the poem </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>"</FONT><FONT size=3>Kubla Khan / A Vision in a Dream : A
Fragment" </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>he claimed that it came from an opium induced dream
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>that had been interrupted before he came to the
conclusion. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Reading the passages below, it is not hard to believe
him.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>My guess is that he was probably into beer as well </DIV>
<DIV>and not much on mare's milk, but ya never know.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Pax,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Andy size=3>MARIVS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">"what shall it profit a man,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">if he shall gain the whole world,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">and lose his own soul ?"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Andy size=1></FONT> </DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=5>Kubla Khan</FONT> written 1797</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In Xanadu did Kubla Khan<BR>A stately pleasure-dome decree:<BR>Where Alph,
the sacred river, ran<BR>Through caverns measureless to man<BR>Down to a sunless
sea.<BR><BR>So twice five miles of fertile ground<BR>With walls and towers were
girdled round:<BR>And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,<BR>Where
blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;<BR>And here were forests ancient as the
hills,<BR>Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.<BR><BR>But oh! that deep romantic
chasm which slanted<BR>Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!<BR>A savage
place! as holy and enchanted<BR>As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted<BR>By
woman wailing for her demon-lover!<BR>And from this chasm, with ceaseless
turmoil seething,<BR>As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,<BR>A
mighty fountain momently was forced:<BR>Amid whose swift half-intermitted
burst<BR>Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,<BR>Or chaffy grain beneath
the thresher's flail:<BR>And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever<BR>It
flung up momently the sacred river.<BR>Five miles meandering with a mazy
motion<BR>Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,<BR>Then reached the
caverns measureless to man,<BR>And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:<BR>And
'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far<BR>Ancestral voices prophesying
war!<BR><BR>The shadow of the dome of pleasure<BR>Floated midway on the
waves;<BR>Where was heard the mingled measure<BR>From the fountain and the
caves.<BR>It was a miracle of rare device,<BR>A sunny pleasure-dome with caves
of ice!<BR><BR>A damsel with a dulcimer<BR>In a vision once I saw:<BR>It was an
Abyssinian maid,<BR>And on her dulcimer she played,<BR>Singing of Mount
Abora.<BR>Could I revive within me<BR>Her symphony and song,<BR>To such a deep
delight 'twould win me<BR>That with music loud and long<BR>I would build that
dome in air,<BR>That sunny dome! those caves of ice!<BR>And all who heard should
see them there,<BR>And all should cry, Beware! Beware!<BR>His flashing eyes, his
floating hair!<BR>Weave a circle round him thrice,<BR>And close your eyes with
holy dread,<BR>For he on honey-dew hath fed<BR>And drunk the milk of
Paradise.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:24 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ravensfort] Cinco de
Mayo</DIV>
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<DIV>Fermented mare's milk.... not beer.</DIV>
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<DIV>Shanahan<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> James Northfolke <<A
href="mailto:jamesnorthfolke@gmail.com">jamesnorthfolke@gmail.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> byzytym <<A
href="mailto:byzytym@att.net">byzytym@att.net</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> A Kindness Of Ravens <<A
href="mailto:ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org">ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, May 5, 2009 8:21:00
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Ravensfort]
Cinco de Mayo<BR></FONT><BR>Happy Kublai Khan Day!<BR><BR>Kublai (grandson of
Genghis) elected Khan on 5 May 1260<BR><BR>Not sure what kind of beer to drink
for that. Charles?<BR><BR>j<BR><BR><BR>byzytym wrote:<BR>> Cinco de
Mayo salutations, y'all.<BR>> This celebration has always seemed a little
strange to me.<BR>> It is a celebration of Mexico's victory over the French
at the battle of Puebla on the 5th of May 1862.<BR>> The dirty little
secret about this is the fact that on May 17th 1863 the French retook the
city.<BR>> The French had invaded Mexico because it was not making payments
on debts to its European lenders.<BR>> Not wanting to be cheated on good
faith loans France did not discourage easily.<BR>> They went on to capture
the Capital and on May 28th 1864 Maximilian was formally crowned Emperor of
Mexico.<BR>> So May turned out to be a pretty good month for the French
after all.<BR>> Unfortunately for France, the American Civil War came to an
end the next year.<BR>> Had it not been for the U.S. freebees to the
Mexican rebels most people in south Texas would now hear les sons du
francais.<BR>> Being from Louisiana, I would not mind that at all.<BR>>
Perhaps Mexico should pick another month and day to celebrate since the May
5th victory was so short lived.<BR>> As for me, today I will adorn myself
with the fleur de lis and seek a sassy French beer.<BR>> I include
wikipedia sites not so much for the accuracy of their facts, but rather for
the cool art work they usually use.<BR>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_intervention_in_Mexico<BR>>
Paix,<BR>> MARIVS<BR>> "what shall it profit a man,<BR>> if he
shall gain the whole world,<BR>> and lose his own soul ?"<BR>>
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