Originally Posted By MissCandice In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.
Originally Posted By alexbook It's a poem, 20th Century, American. Subject of a famous obscenity trial. Believe it or not, I've never seen "Apocalypse Now," so I don't know if it's quoted there, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me if it were, as it would fit the time period. "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked..." Patti Smith set it to music. They Might Be Giants, Bush, the Fugs, Christopher Buckley, John Waters, "The Simpsons," and "Hey Arnold!" have all quoted it (according to Wikipedia).
Originally Posted By MissCandice In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 "Of bodies chang'd to various forms, I sing: Ye Gods, from whom these miracles did spring, Inspire my numbers with coelestial heat; 'Till I my long laborious work compleat..."
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 Nope. Very, very famous poem, though. The very first line gives a hint to the title.
