Friday, 23 July 2021

"Through The Corridors Of Time"

See the combox for A Corridor Of Time.

Not from the grand old masters,
      Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
      Through the corridors of Time. 
-copied from here.
 
A new correspondent and the source of a Poul Anderson title - and why does Time have "corridors," plural?
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3 comments:

  1. Sean M. Brooks24 July 2021 at 07:49

    Kaor, Paul!

    And I did go to the blog piece where Skybolt had left a comment, and responded to it. Intriguing, that Anderson might have taken the title THE CORRIDORS OF TIME from that Longfellow poem.

    Do humble little poems also have their place? Along with the "mighty works" of "bards sublime"? I would say they both do!

    Time might have multiple corridors if we include alternate world timelines as well.

    Ad astra! Sean

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  2. paulshackley2017@gmail.com24 July 2021 at 08:29

    Sean,

    "The corridors of Time" is such an odd phrase that I think Anderson must have taken it from Longfellow rather than created it independently.

    Paul.

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  3. Sean M. Brooks24 July 2021 at 15:01

    Kaor, Paul!

    I think so too, after Skybolt brought that Longfellow poem to our attention.

    Ad astra! Sean

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