Welcome Guest! We hope you enjoy your visit! SciFi/SpecFic: Robert D. Rowntree’s “Perspectives” Fantasy: S.J. Reisner’s “Faith in Unicorns” Horror: John Weagly’s “In the Mind of the Screaming Clown” Bizarre: Mike Philbin’s “Hot Naked Chicks” Click here for our Ten Most Read Stories. Other Sites of Interest Tell a friend about our site. Join our mailing list! Writers Guidelines		2010 September 09, Thursday Intimations of Immortality by Richard H. Dana First published online on 2006 June 28. Editor’s Foreword Any reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated.                          O, listen, man! A voice within us speaks the startling word, “Man, thou shalt never die!”   Celestial voices Hymn it around our souls: according harps, By angel fingers touch’d when the mild stars Of morning sang together, sound forth still The song of our great immortality! Thick, clustering orbs, and this our fair domain, The tall, dark mountains, and the deep-toned seas, Join in this solemn, universal song, –O,listen, ye, our spirits! drink it in From all the air! ’Tis in the gentle moonlight; ’Tis floating in day’s setting glories; night. Wrapp’d in her sable robe, with silent step Comes to our bed and breathes it in our ears; Night and the dawn, bright day and thoughtful eve, All time, all bounds, the limitless expanse, As one vast, mystic instrument, are touch’d By an unseen, living Hand, and conscious chords Quiver with joy in this great jubilee: –The dying hear it; and as sounds of earth Grow dull and distant, wake their passing souls To mingle in this heavenly harmony. Born in Cambridge in 1787, Mr. Dana later moved to Boston. His “Poems and Prose Writings” were published in 1833. Share This Story (Please) Enjoy this story? Here’s another you might like: 2005 September 21 Drifters by Robert T. Jeschonek An aging man sees a mysterious woman in his living room who cannot see him and whom no one else can see.		Our Store Click here to purchase cool mousepads, coasters, calendars and posters to support this web site! Rubber Stamps You can save a lot of time by using rubber stamps! Think of all the repetitive writing you do in a typical day–much of which can be replaced with rubber stamps. Click here to visit the site. Canville Virtual Village Under Reconstruction... There was a time when the streets were alive with the sounds of children playing, friends gathering, and adults conversing. When the heat of summer met its match in an ice cream bar delivered by the friendly chap in the neighborhood ice cream truck. Or, a rubbery hose would refresh children with the spraying of water into the air. Oh, how times have changed. Where go the little children now? Where now gather the teens? Where chatter away the adults all afternoon? And, alas, what has become of the lonesome ice cream man? In today’s fast-paced world, where many suffer from information overload, we offer a retreat from the headaches of the computerized world in our own Suburbs of the Information Superhighway, Canville Virtual Village. Click here to visit the site. Dan C. Rinnert: Or show two dates. A thread-started date and a last post date... Posted on 21 June 2010 at 01:01 AM Lawrence Richards: Perhaps the date column in the forums could show the date of the last post instead of the first. Posted on 20 June 2010 at 12:17 AM Dan C. Rinnert: The forums are complete! All that's left is background stuff and testing. Posted on 25 May 2010 at 05:33 PM Dan C. Rinnert: Testing a change to the Rundown. Posted on 22 May 2010 at 02:57 PM Dan C. Rinnert: I'm not quite happy with the reply method on The Rundown, but it works. Posted on 16 May 2010 at 01:04 AM
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