Guest Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 This is pretty easy, but it's original work Enjoy! Long I've roamed a course unerring Never seeing where I go Where I've been nobody visits But everyone has been there, though I can't be stopped, deterred or severed And can't be seen but for an aid I'll kill you all without attrition But without me there's nothing made Threescore bits you might control me 'Tis but illusion, I can't be held Though monks and scholars might ingore me I reappear when they sound their bell If recalled, you might describe me but never twice your words the same Think on me as I slip by thee Deliver now. What is my name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Hunger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Not hunger. Good guess though. Did the monk/scholar thing make you guess that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 My guess: Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Not hunger. Good guess though. Did the monk/scholar thing make you guess that? yep here's what i was thinking: Long I've roamed a course unerring Never seeing where I go who will be hungry next? lol Where I've been nobody visits But everyone has been there, though everyone has been hunger, but for the above statement, nobody LIKES to be hungry I can't be stopped, deterred or severed there will always be hunger And can't be seen but for an aid I'll kill you all without attrition obvious.. hunger kills, and "attrition" kinda sounded like "nutrition" got me thinking But without me there's nothing made people hunger for their goals Threescore bits you might control me 60 seconds without food isnt hunger 'Tis but illusion, I can't be held you cant hold "hunger" Though monks and scholars might ingore me fasting I reappear when they sound their bell brings them down to earth If recalled, you might describe me hurts but never twice your words the same hurts alot Think on me as I slip by thee you are rich and fed well, but think of ppl in third world countries Deliver now. What is my name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 unreality Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 But yeah its: time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Long I've roamed a course unerring Never seeing where I go... I think the solution is "thought" or "feelings" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Time is what I had in mind when I wrote it, though if you can support another interpretation from the text of the thing by all means go for it. I'd think that unerring would preclude thought or feelings. I know that I've often had thoughts and feelings that I'd later consider an error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Long I've roamed a course unerring
Never seeing where I go
Where I've been nobody visits
But everyone has been there, though
I can't be stopped, deterred or severed
And can't be seen but for an aid
I'll kill you all without attrition
But without me there's nothing made
Threescore bits you might control me
'Tis but illusion, I can't be held
Though monks and scholars might ingore me
I reappear when they sound their bell
If recalled, you might describe me
but never twice your words the same
Think on me as I slip by thee
Deliver now. What is my name?
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