Posted by Kragg on July 28, 2000 at 02:02:46:
In Reply to: , the Baron of Lightning [DELETED] posted by Flavin on July 27, 2000 at 14:04:13:
> Well ... I have two words to say... > "I dreamed that I was converted into a mighty pillar of stone, which > Till next time
> battle Ragers kick ass.
> reared its head in the midst of a desert, where it stood for ages,
> till generation after generation melted away before it. Even in this
> state, though unconscious of possessing any organs of sense or being
> else than a mass of lifeless stone, I saw every object around the
> mountains growing bald with age, the forest trees drooping in decay;
> and I heard whatever sounds nature is in the custom of producing,
> such as the thunder peal breaking over my naked head, the winds
> howling past me, or the ceaseless murmur of streams. At last I also
> waxed old, and began to crumble into dust, while the moss and ivy
> accumulated upon me, and stamped me with the aspect of hoar antiquity.
> To what shall I compare this life of mine?
> To a simple drop fallingin this ocean of players to whom existence
> will not be remembered.