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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 2/28/2008
Posts: 370
Location: Suburban Kansas City
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THE FOOL'S PRAYER
THE royal feast was done; the King
Sought some new sport to banish care,
And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool,
Kneel now, and make for us a prayer!"
The jester doffed his cap and bells,
And stood the mocking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head, and bent his knee
Upon the Monarch's silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: "O Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!
"No pity, Lord, could change the heart
From red with wrong to white as wool;
The rod must heal the sin: but Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!
"'T is not by guilt the onward sweep
Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay;
'T is by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
"These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust
Among the heart-strings of a friend.
"The ill-timed truth we might have kept--
Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung?
The word we had not sense to say--
Who knows how grandly it had rung!
"Our faults no tenderness should ask.
The chastening stripes must cleanse them all;
But for our blunders -- oh, in shame
Before the eyes of heaven we fall.
"Earth bears no balsam for mistakes;
Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool
That did his will; but Thou, O Lord,
Be merciful to me, a fool!"
The room was hushed; in silence rose
The King, and sought his gardens cool,
And walked apart, and murmured low,
"Be merciful to me, a fool!"
- Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887)
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 1/19/2007
Posts: 160
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He will be missed 
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 12/25/2007
Posts: 496
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I have enjoyed him for 2 decades since even before I could really understand some of his 'humor'. Yes he will be missed. But now he is performing for others.  ~~Jinx  "I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage, Mythbusters Flings Flung: 40 total orders- Regular items- 22 Orders, 40 items; MB/AMB- 16 orders, 23 MBs/AMBs; 2 Canceled( 1 voluntary, 1 bad batch of Batteries w/ Chargers) In 9 months of Flings I have already surpassed my purchases of almost 2yrs on that other DOD site where it's nearly impossible to get their mystery 'bag'... lol ~~Jinx
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 12/25/2007
Posts: 496
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I have enjoyed him for 2 decades since even before I could really understand some of his 'humor'. Yes he will be missed. But now he is performing for others. ~~Jinx EDIT: Sorry for the double post. I clicked on 'Post' but it didn't seem to, it loaded the 'Post a Reply' screen as if I had just refreshed the page. "I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage, Mythbusters Flings Flung: 40 total orders- Regular items- 22 Orders, 40 items; MB/AMB- 16 orders, 23 MBs/AMBs; 2 Canceled( 1 voluntary, 1 bad batch of Batteries w/ Chargers) In 9 months of Flings I have already surpassed my purchases of almost 2yrs on that other DOD site where it's nearly impossible to get their mystery 'bag'... lol ~~Jinx
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Rank: Royal Flinger
Joined: 1/24/2008
Posts: 2,082
Location: Florida
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 3/30/2008
Posts: 150
Location: upper michigan
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not much else to say but F#*@ he WAS funny!! was going to list them but list is way too long now!!!!
40+ Flings Flung and still going strong!!!
klez fling zhah l'alurl
thing fling is the best
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