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الموضوع: The Elephant in the Moon a poem

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    2 The Elephant in the Moon a poem by Samuel Butler

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    I dedicate This poetry poem I mention both Dr. Shaimaa Atallah ( My teacher in the Diploma in Criminal Sciences ) and Professor Safaa Atallah ,


    A learned society of late,
    The glory of a foreign state,
    Agreed, upon a summer's night,

    To search the Moon by her own light;
    To make an inventory of all

    Her real estate, and personal;
    And make an accurate survey
    Of all her lands, and how they lay,
    As true as that of Ireland, where

    The sly surveyors stole a shire:
    T' observe her country, how 'twas planted,

    With what sh' abounded most, or wanted;
    And make the proper'st observations
    For settling of new plantations,
    If the society should incline
    T' attempt so glorious a design.


    This was the purpose of their meeting,

    For which they chose a time as fitting;
    When at the full her radiant light
    And influence too were at their height.
    And now the lofty tube, the scale
    With which they heaven itself assail,

    Was mounted full against the Moon;
    And all stood ready to fall on,
    Impatient who should have the honour
    To plant an ensign first upon her.
    When one, who for his deep belief
    Was virtuoso then in chief,
    Approved the most profound , and wise,
    To solve impossibilities,
    Advancing gravely, to apply
    To th' optic glass his judging eye,
    Cried, 'Strange!' - then reinforced his sight
    Against the Moon with all his might,
    And bent his penetrating brow,
    As if he meant to gaze her through;
    When all the rest began t'admire,
    And, like a train, from him took fire,
    Surprised with wonder, beforehand,
    At what they did not understand,
    Cried out, impatient to know what
    The matter was they wondered at.

    Quoth he, 'Th'inhabitants o'th Moon,
    Who, when the sun shines hot at noon,
    Do live in cellars underground,
    Of eight miles deep, and eighty round,
    In which at once they fortify
    Against the sun and th' enemy,
    Which they count towns and cities there,
    Because their people' civiller
    Than those rude peasants, that are found
    To live upon the upper ground,
    Called Privolans, with whom they are

    Perpetually in open war;
    And now both armies, highly enraged,
    Are in a bloody fight engaged,
    And many fall on both sides slain,
    As by the glass 'tis clear, and plain.
    Look quickly then, that every one
    May see the fight before 'tis done.'
    With that a great philosopher,
    Admired, and famous far and near,
    As one of singular invention,
    But universal comprehension,
    Applied one eye, and half a nose
    Unto the optic engine close.

    Quoth he, 'A stranger sight appears
    Than e'er was seen in all the spheres,
    A wonder more unparalled,

    Than ever mortal tube beheld;
    An elephant from one of those
    Two mighty armies is broke loose,
    And with the horror of the fight

    Appears amazed, and in a fright;
    Look quickly, lest the sight of us
    Should cause the startled beast t'imboss.
    It is a large one, far more great

    Than e'er was bred in Africa yet;
    From which we boldly may infer,
    The Moon is much the fruitfuller.

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    التعديل الأخير تم بواسطة ĦėЯǿ ; 01-15-2011 الساعة 04:28 PM سبب آخر: edit my thread title

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    Oooh i forget to write in my thread title that this poem for Samuel Butler ,

    so please MS Safaa Atallah edit my thread title

    regard ,
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    افتراضي

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    Oooh i do not know that i have the privileges to edit my thread title ,


    >>> thread title edit <<<
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    التعديل الأخير تم بواسطة ĦėЯǿ ; 01-15-2011 الساعة 04:30 PM

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