I first read T S Eliots The Wasteland when I was in my twenties. I also read Eliots rather elaborate, scholarly notes on his own poem. In my youthful irreverence, I laughed at the phenomenon of a poet having had to provide such notes to his own poem. It is another thing that, innocent of all the references and allusions in his notes, I still liked the poem. Of course, as a a professional student and examinee I had to later look up all those references. When I read the following scholarly joke, somehow it reminded me of that: A new pastor moved into town and went out one Saturday to visit his parishioners. All went well until he came to one house. It was obvious that someone was home, but no one came to the door even after he had knocked several times. Finally, he took out his card, wrote on the back Revelation 3:20 and stuck it in the door. The next day as he was counting the offering, he found his card in the collection plate. Below his message was notation Genesis 3:10. Revelation 3:20 reads: Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hear my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he will with me. Genesis 3:10 reads: And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 07:09:27 +0000
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