Sinister: come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination (fwd)

[Jessica Murphy]

So, OK, while we're on the subject of Willy Wonka and poetry-quote
attributions, I think there's another line in the movie that comes from
somewhere else... when Mr. Wonka says, "We are the music makers, and we
are the dreamers of dreams."  (approximately; haven't seen it in a while.) 

Do any of you poetry-lovers know the original source?  Maybe John's mother
can tell us.  I don't think it's Shakespeare, but maybe something 19th
century...  I ran across it in the library once but I can't remember
where, and it's been bothering me ever since.

Pedantically, 

jessica m


 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:40:13 +0100 
From: John Johnston <JohnJ at xxx.com>

>"...so shines a good deed in a weary world." 
               -Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

That is a paraphrase of one of my favourite lines in the English
language. I think it comes from the Merchant of Venice and it's said by
Portia I believe...

"Mark how this little candle throws it's beam,
So shines a good deed in a naughty world". 

JJ
xx

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kimberly Forrette [SMTP:kimpostor at xxx.com]
> 
> you're not wicked if you don't care about this, but it IS something
> interesting, in a weird way...
> 
> i was out last night, painting the town red, (not a very flattering
> color for a pale town like Santa Cruz) when i needed to stop at the
> nearest ATM machine to get cash.  as i stepped up to make my
> withdrawal, what to my wandering eyes should appear on the machine's
> sickly green LED display but:
> 
> "...so shines a good deed in a weary world." 
>                -Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
> 
> followed by all those nice things like "Please insert your card for
> service."  
> 
> kim
> 

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