Remix #1: If Ulysses met Hamlet
It little profits that an idle king
Lose the name of action
I cannot rest from travel; I will drink life to the lees
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
I am become a name
No traveler returns
I am part of all that I have met
The undiscover’d country
The untraveled world whose margin fades
The dread of something after death
To rust unburnished, not to shine in use
That patient merit of th’unworthy takes
As though to breathe were life
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time
To follow knowledge like a sinking star beyond the utmost bond of human thought
That makes calamity of so long life
This labor, by slow prudence to make mild a rugged people
Must give us pause
Souls that have toiled and wrought, and thought with me
What dreams may come
Some work of noble note, may yet be done
Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished
Come, my friends, ’tis not too late to seek a newer world
To say we end the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to
Though much is taken, much abides
Take up arms against a sea of troubles
And though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven
Tis nobler in the mind to suffer
That which we are, we are
To be or not to be
Strong in will to survive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
dpbowman 
You’re a gem to have back.
So the experiment is a success?
You are a pleasure to read, but your deeper meanings and great reference to other liturature and history, I leave to the scholars of the planet…I’m just a stay at home who reads and writes. As far as your experiment goes…I have no idea…I would have to go back and re-read both those works, and then yours…you will always be far more well read then me Dan. Hugs to you, and hope you are well.
Doing well my friend and pray you are as well, and as always, you make my reading list, so I appreciate your input every time!
Well thank goodness you still read…I am honoured.x I have honestly been dampened by some odd stalker like follower…someone dropping messages in my search window…it creeps me out..and now, I’m just more guarded in general…with pretty much everyone…I comment less, but read everyone I can…you will always be on my reading list too. You were, as I said, missed. Hugs to you Dan.
That is such a shame! I will miss our ‘versed’ conversations. Stay safe and know you are read and missed! ~D
Oh Dan ~ ~ Truly Truly adored this – as I do you and your gift!
(a sequel to my ‘most famous question’ post 🙂
… this was brilliant and uplifting!
“Tis nobler in the mind to suffer
That which we are, we are
To be or not to be
Strong in will to survive,
to seek, to find,
and not to yield”
Thank you dear friend~RL
Glad you enjoyed the experiment, I had fun piecing it together.