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October 16, 2006
A New Hymn for Bibliomaniacs
I suppose I'll have to compose it. After all there are so few of us but we are so much in need of something that brings our distinctive voices to the Church setting.
"One day within your scriptorium
heals every day alone,
O Lord, bring me to you library."
Yep, those of us who take great comfort in the word may be few in number, but we have several venerable lines of work to indulge in.
Someday I may reflect upon the great comfort books can bestow. Coming to this realization brings home one point of Poe's "The Raven"
"Eagerly I sought the morrow,
vainly I wished to borrow,
from my book surcease of sorrow,
Sorrow for the lost Lenore."
Books as class IV addictive substances. Yep. For some of us they should come with warning labels and then, perhaps, only by prescription.
Posted by Steven Riddle at October 16, 2006 1:58 PM
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I believe Thomas Jefferson said "the only cure for sadness is reading", or words to that effect.
Posted by: TSO at October 16, 2006 4:20 PM