tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post8992273249735182639..comments2023-09-19T08:52:46.269-05:00Comments on Alms for Oblivion: Keats' Fall of Hyperion: Desperate Questions, Courageous Answerspiershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12042745369869839918noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4939290855438272306.post-79399186289172402262012-03-13T17:52:40.375-05:002012-03-13T17:52:40.375-05:00The words of Keats remind me of the Book of Eccles...The words of Keats remind me of the Book of Ecclesiastes, which includes the line, "For there is no remembrance of the wise more than the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool" (2:16).<br />And then there are these words in Deuteronomy: "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live" (30:19).George Jochnowitzhttp://www.jochnowitz.netnoreply@blogger.com