Faraway Star wrote:

> On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 11:16:31 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> On Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 11:11:14 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
>> > > > > On Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 9:17:46 PM UTC-4, David Dalton wrote:
>>
>> > > > > > Constantia thumb
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > On June 12, 1997, in Wordplay bookstore in downtown St. John's, I thumbed at
>> > > > > > random an edition of Shelley, and on the page with Ozymandias was a poem with
>> > > > > > a rose in it. But that day I didn't buy the book. The next day, forgetting
>> > > > > > the name of the poem, I decided to walk back to the bookstore to check it
>> > > > > > again. As I walked west on Water Street in St. John's, Newfoundland. Radio
>> > > > > > station Magic 97 (FM)'s van was playing the song CONSTANCE by Ron and Connie
>> > > > > > Hynes from Ron Hynes's CD Face to the Gale. Shortly after that I went into
>> > > > > > Wordplay bookstore to buy a card and also while there glanced in the
>> > > > > > paperback The Works of P.B.Shelley; Wordsworth Editions, Cumberland House,
>> > > > > > England, ISBN 1-85326-408-3. The poem was just before Ozymandias and was To
>> > > > > > CONSTANTIA. I wasn't meaning to buy the book, but had to, from the owner
>> > > > > > James Baird..
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Now here is the poem:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > TO CONSTANTIA
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > The rose that drinks the fountain dew
>> > > > > > In the pleasant air of noon
>> > > > > > Grows pale and blue with altered hue---
>> > > > > > In the gaze of the nightly moon;
>> > > > > > For the planet of frost, so cold and bright,
>> > > > > > Makes it wan with her borrowed light.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Such is my heart---roses are fair,
>> > > > > > And that at best a withered blossom;
>> > > > > > But thy false care did idly wear
>> > > > > > Its withered leaves in a faithless bosom!
>> > > > > > And fed with love, like air and dew,
>> > > > > > Its growth----
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Of course that is especially significant because of my
>> > > > > > September 6, 1991 blue rose vision.
>> > > > > Interesting backstory, David, I noticed blue is a significant color for you, same here.
>> > > > > > --
>> > > > > > https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
>> > > > > > "For she is the perfect creature, natural in every feature
>> > > > > > And I am the geek with the alchemists' stone" (Jimmy MacCarthy)
>>
>> > > > The "Blue Rose" is a Jainian symbol that represents a longing for the mysterious and unattainable. It is "The Impossible Dream."
>> > > Thanks for the heads up.
>> > Actually David gave you the heads up when he posted a quote about the alchemists' stone.
>> So you Googled it, good work.

> Ha ha.

I know, right?

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