Here is an excerpt from a poem that was quoted near the end of the baseball movie Bull Duram:
"Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air."
I found it from the poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray from the stanza:
"Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air."
The line from Bull Durham was when Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) hit a minor league record 247th home run to no notice by the baseball media.
I see that poem is also famous for the line:
"Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray;
Along the cool sequester'd vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way."
I don't know that my brain is wired for poetry...
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2 comments:
awesome catch man! I was just wondering who wrote that. I feel bad because I've read that poem before, and Gray was really great.
To be honest, tho, I don't recognize the second quote at all. Where else have you seen it, aside from the poem?
I recognize the excerpt of "far from the madding crowd," but admit that I never really understood the reference. I may be too left brain leaning...
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