The Mayfly

The Mayfly ( Ephemera Danica )

A Parable

By "Cotswold Isis" in "Lyra Picatoria" 1895

I turned a stone o´er which the brooklet brawl´d
And from beneath a loathsome creature crawl´d
Half insect and half reptile. I , appall´d

Shrank lest the savage, six legged, wormy thing,
Should seize my heedless hand and on it cling,
And pierce it with some sharp, polluting sting.

"Thou hideous water-devil, hence!" I cried,
While ´neath a weed it seemed in shame to hide.
And to my ear of fancy, thus replied:-

"Ah scorn me not, nor judge by what you see;
Time, that works wonders, may do much for me,
And what I am, I may not always be!"

I lay me down upon the bank to view
The creeping horror closely, shape and hue,
The warm sun glancing the pure water thro´.

When, like Ithuriels´s spear, the potent ray,
Pierced the foul thing, which rose to air and day,
And bubbling, burst into a Beauteous fay.

One moment in the sun she fans her wings,
And smooths to roundness all their mazy rings,
Then native to the summer air she springs.

Beware, O beauty ! in the streamlet lies
A gay robed gallant with adoring eyes;
Meet not his kiss, for she he kisseth dies!

So, unbeheld, the antique Satyr hath
gazed thro´the boskage on the dainty path
Of Daphne, trembling to her morning bath.

Rising and falling o´er the waters clear,
She floats away in bliss; and on my ear
Her wise rebuke I seem again to hear----

"Ah scorn me not, nor judge by what you see;
Time, that works wonders, may do much for me,
And what I am, I may not always be!"

Ah ! we misjudge by seemings ! what may lie
Hid ´neath the wrappage loathsome to the eye,
He only knows who can the the heart descry !

Musing, I went upon my homeward way,
Conning that lesson from the fly of May
Which never form my heart shall pass away.

I hear it in the crowded city when
I meet the drunkard reeling form his den
Or pass the sinful midnight Magdalen.

And still it speaks beside the dying bed
Where some poor Christian lays his lowly head
In pain and poverty-- that voice which said--

"Ah scorn me not, nor judge by what you see;
Time, that works wonders, may do much for me,
And what I am, I may not always be!"

TL
MC

Mike wrote:
The Mayfly ( Ephemera Danica ) ...

Give it up you crazy whackjob and go crawl back into
the booby hatch from which you came.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On 10 Nov, 03:53, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Mike wrote:
The Mayfly ( Ephemera Danica ) ...

Give it up you crazy whackjob and go crawl back into
the booby hatch from which you came.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Boobies don´t hatch Kennyboy;

http://www.mike-connor.homepage.t-on...s/boobies.html

MC

Mike wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Mike wrote:
The Mayfly ( Ephemera Danica ) ...
Give it up you crazy whackjob and go crawl back into
the booby hatch from which you came.
...
http://www.mike-connor.homepage.t-on...s/boobies.html

Yeah, links are about all you got Your Loony Mikeness, links
and foul-mouthed invective.

It's about time for you to disappear again.

Toodles.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On 10 Nov, 04:09, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
Mike wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Mike wrote:
The Mayfly ( Ephemera Danica ) ...
Give it up you crazy whackjob and go crawl back into
the booby hatch from which you came.
...
http://www.mike-connor.homepage.t-on...rns/Boobies/bo...

Yeah, links are about all you got Your Loony Mikeness, links
and foul-mouthed invective.

It's about time for you to disappear again.

Toodles.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Oh you wanted some foul mouthed invective Kennyboy? Don´t need a link
for that;

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"
You have two daughters, right ? A nice piece of 14 year old pussy, and
a sweet little 8 year old ****, as I recall. Thank your lucky stars
and
the accident of your skin color that you and the whore you married are
not at all concerned with the effects of subtle and pervasive racism.

**** you, Steve, and the horse you rode in on.

--
Ken Fortenberry


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QUOTE

Haven't you heard ? One reason Mike Connor is such an arrogant, full
of himself, ridiculous cartoon of a foppish homophobe is because he
was raped at a German train station by a vicious, neo-Nazi, pedophile,
promiscuous homosexual wielding an upside down fly rod. That much we
know as fact, the part about Connor requesting more of the same but
with a 14wt this time is rumor.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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Or maybe even;

QUOTE

MAC wrote:

It appears my current provider has once again received complaints about my
long "off topic" posts. Although some people enjoyed them, others found them
annoying.
...

Your European ISPs are hypersensitive these days because they've long
been lax and unprofessional regarding SPAM and now their chickens are
coming home to roost.

And pardon my saying so, and no offense intended, but you're more than
a little hypersensitive yourself. It takes a fairly thick skin to make
a habit of participating on ROFF an entertaining experience. I would
most humbly suggest you find a way to acquire one. You usually enjoy
participating here, and all but the most pathetic ****-weasels enjoy
your participation. So get a ****ing grip, wear a thicker skin and
****
the ****-weasels, whoever they happen to be.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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Tom Littleton
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All, It has been noted, by some who a regulars, and some who are
less frequent posters, that ROFF has gotten nearly painful to read of
late. Bitter exchanges, misinterpretations, off-hand insults and the
like are far too common, the latest example being Dave LaCourse's
"dialogue" with several folks. Perhaps it is, as suggested, the annual
"cabin fever". I think, in some cases, it goes deeper than that. Here
in the US, we are in the midst of a divisive election year. Further,
as noted in his own posts, David has some serious health worries. I
think such worries can, and do, color one's tolerance and manner of
dealing with others. About a year back, Mike Connor and I had a bitter
exchange, which upon reflection was probably made far more virulent by
the fact that both of us were in distress over the health of a loved
one. Not that such are excuses, but I am here to make a plea for
tolerance of others which seems to have evaporated from the posts of
some on here. As Wolfgang noted in another thread, this place has been
capable of spawning friendships, fishing partnerships and a special
kind of kinship among its participants over the past 10 years. I have
always enjoyed the intellectual debates and downright silliness that
occurs here, but as wayno noted, the tearing asunder of friendships is
painful to watch. I beg for sanity, and an attempt to understand the
feeling of others. Take the tongue-in-check stuff with a grain of
salt, understand the limitations of Usenet communication and try to
bring something to the table that is positive once in a while. I'll
probably get the predicatable amount of response along the lines of
"don't tell me what to do...",etc, but really couldn't care less. I am
not telling anyone what to do, just hoping that some can find it in
their souls to do the right thing, and act like
adults.
Tom
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From: (Tom Littleton)
Date: 06 Mar 2004 13:55:31 GMT
Local: Sat 6 Mar 2004 14:55
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All,
It has been noted, by some who a regulars, and some who are less
frequent
posters, that ROFF has gotten nearly painful to read of late. Bitter
exchanges,
misinterpretations, off-hand insults and the like are far too common,
the
latest example being Dave LaCourse's "dialogue" with several folks.
Perhaps it
is, as suggested, the annual "cabin fever". I think, in some cases, it
goes
deeper than that. Here in the US, we are in the midst of a divisive
election
year. Further, as noted in his own posts, David has some serious
health
worries. I think such worries can, and do, color one's tolerance and
manner of
dealing with others. About a year back, Mike Connor and I had a bitter
exchange, which upon reflection was probably made far more virulent by
the fact
that both of us were in distress over the health of a loved one. Not
that such
are excuses, but I am here to make a plea for tolerance of others
which seems
to have evaporated from the posts of some on here. As Wolfgang noted
in another
thread, this place has been capable of spawning friendships, fishing
partnerships and a special kind of kinship among its participants over
the past
10 years. I have always enjoyed the intellectual debates and downright
silliness that occurs here, but as wayno noted, the tearing asunder of
friendships is painful to watch. I beg for sanity, and an attempt to
understand
the feeling of others. Take the tongue-in-check stuff with a grain of
salt,
understand the limitations of Usenet communication and try to bring
something
to the table that is positive once in a while. I'll probably get the
predicatable amount of response along the lines of "don't tell me what
to
do...",etc, but really couldn't care less. I am not telling anyone
what to do,
just hoping that some can find it in their souls to do the right
thing, and act
like adults.

Tom
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Ken Fortenberry
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From: Ken Fortenberry
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 14:02:21 GMT
Local: Sat 6 Mar 2004 15:02
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Tommy Littleton cued the sappy violin sound track and pleaded:

... Not that such
are excuses, but I am here to make a plea for tolerance of others which seems
to have evaporated from the posts of some on here. ...

**** that ****.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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Maybe even;

QUOTE

Ken Fortenberry
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From: Ken Fortenberry
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 22:58:19 GMT
Local: Sat 6 Mar 2004 23:58
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Tom Littleton threatens again:

ok, Ken, we have a semantics issue here. ...

Semantics, my ass, you sanctimonious little prick, and I'd
be more than happy to say that in your face if I'm ever so
unfortunate as to cross paths with you.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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There are hundreds and hundreds of such examples Kennyboy, one is
spoilt for choice. Anybody who is prepared to tolerate you deserves
you.

MC

Some interesting stuff form a whole range of your fans Kenyboy;

QUOTE


Ken Fortenberry
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From: Ken Fortenberry
Date: 2000/01/05
Subject: Perfect Lies: by GGehrke
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Mr. Gink wrote:

Perfect Lies; by GGehrke

____________PERFECT LIES
...

Every six months, till apology or obituary, I will re-post this
post from the deja archives so that new readers of ROFF can judge
for themselves just what kind of a fellow George Gehrke really is.

I've included full headers because six months ago George Gehrke
falsely claimed this post was a forgery.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: "Mr. G"
Subject: WOW! About the Grand American!
Date: 27 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID:
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
References:

X-Accept-Language: en,zh-CN
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace: newsfeed.slurp.net 917486099 206.159.124.97 (Wed, 27 Jan 1999
19:14:59
CDT)
Organization: George Gehrke's Gink & Outdoor Products
MIME-Version: 1.0
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NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:14:59 CDT
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Come clean George, Nixon and Clinton should have taught you
that the cover-up can be as bad as the crime. You spammed,
you forged a testimonial, you are as guilty as the day is long.
Do not insult my intelligence, knock it off please.

Tell you what, you tell the truth, try to salvage whatever
credibility you may have left among the others of this
newsgroup ( you have none with me ), and I will personally
pour you a good four fingers of Laphroig in return for a
fly-tying lesson.

That's as good an offer as a spammer could ever hope to get !

Ken Fortenberry


_________ **** you Ken and **** your logic. You're a dishonest,
lying,
ignorant *******! **** you , **** you, **** you. If you were
standing in
front of me right now I'd knock that lying smirk off that stupid face
of
yours, you twit *******!

God damned, I don't need this crap!

**** YOU KEN FORTENBERRY! You sonofabitch! Show up at the Conclave
and the
first thing I will do will be bury one of my fists into your face and
knock
you silly!

Goddamned it! You're a dishonest lying *******. You definitely
qualify.
You call me a liar one more time and I'm getting in my airplane and
I'm
going to find you and settle this man to man, you cyber sneak *******!

GODDAMNIT! I hate cowards, liars, and people who just guess at things
they
know nothing about. I bet KEN is the kind of father that every time
his
daughter comes in from an innocent date he wonders if she got screwed
or
not?

I've seen your kind before, you chicken **** piece of cyber crap!

godamnmed you, you ****ing *******!

Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg ggh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't **** with me no more Ken. I mean it. I really mean it. Just,
don't,
do it. Just, don't. You mess with my honor and your talking big time
war
****, understand. I will come after you no matter where you are.
Understand? I didn't do any of those things.

George 'do not tread on me, ever' Gehrke
just don't do it no more.

I don't want to lose my temper with you Ken. Understand?
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--
Ken Fortenberry


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One of my favourites;

QUOTE


Ken Fortenberry
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From: Ken Fortenberry
Date: 1999/02/22
Subject: Fortenberry is a Crooked-Arrow of ROFF
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Wayne Harrison wrote:
in short, i refuse to accede to the claim of your sycophant, ken
fortenberry, that he, or you, speak for the majority of this newsgroup.

You can deny the inevitable only so long. The majority of people
that come to ROFF expect, and have every right to expect, a Usenet
newsgroup conducted with all the comity, decency, mutual respect
and cooperative atmosphere of any other Usenet newsgroup.

Gehrke is incapable of civil discourse, has been since the first
time he showed up here. I realize that he is in ill health and
having a difficult time, he is to be pitied and perhaps even
indulged but not to an extent that corrupts and coarsens the
conduct of ROFF.

i know of very few participants who would support a posting of the nature of
the one which precipitated this response.

You are quick to express a lack of support for Jeff's post yet
are curiously silent about Gehrke's. THAT's how you come to be
called Gehrke's sycophant.

--
Ken Fortenberry


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Of course there is also some humour;

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DavPLaC
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Date: 1999/02/22
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Ken: Don't open George's posts. Ignore him.
Jeff: " " " " " "
Stop the personal attacks.

George: Don't open Ken and Jeff's posts. Ignore them. And
stop with the personal attacks.

Simple, gentlemen, and we will all get along and discuss fishing,
conservation, worldly woes, etc. It takes two to tango, but you
three messeurs are having a giant cluster ****. Be nice.
Dave LaCourse

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