Richard Burton reads: 'Desiderata. Found In Old St. Paul's Church, Baltimore 1692 '

Following thankfully copied from businessballs.com at
http://www.businessballs.com/desideratapoem.htm

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The common myth is that the Desiderata poem was found in a Baltimore church in 1692 and is centuries old, of unknown origin. Desiderata was in fact written around 1920 (although some say as early as 1906), and certainly copyrighted in 1927, by lawyer Max Ehrmann (1872-1945) based in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Desiderata myth began after Reverend Frederick Kates reproduced the Desiderata poem in a collection of inspirational works for his congregation in 1959 on church notepaper, headed: 'The Old St Paul's Church, Baltimore, AD 1692' (the year the church was founded). Copies of the Desiderata page were circulated among friends, and the myth grew, accelerated particularly when a copy of the erroneously attributed Desiderata was found at the bedside of deceased Democratic politician Adlai Stevenson in 1965.

Whatever the history of Desiderata, the Ehrmann's prose is inspirational, and offers a simple positive credo for life.
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[ogionite]

Please. Get your facts straight. Desiderata was NOT found in S:t Pauls. It is impossible, as it was written in 1927 by the Max Ehrmann.

Simple enough, from wikipedia: "Max Ehrmann (September 26, 1872 – September 9, 1945) was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired")."

[metrisch]

@ogionite

I DID get my facts straight. Read my comments and not just the title of the video which I merely copied from the record I took this audio fragment from..

[akers1221]

921 views? if Mr. B. had on a Gstring it would be sooooo much more..

 Alas Bablon..

[ogionite]

@jimbo4848

wiki? nah, but history, books in general (you know, those things with paper and text in them) Wiki is good, but as with all non-regulated flows of information, one has to be suspicious. On the other hand, I don't understand where you're coming from with this comment, so I really don't care.

[jimbo4848]

@ogionite If you believe everything wiki says I'd give up now!

[B4wolfpak]

Sadly, as much as I liked Mr Burton's body of work, he mis-spoke at least a couple of times. The printed version of this text is correct though. For verification, see Wikipedia. On a better note, I recall this poem as a song by Les Crane in the early 70's, lovely version. I have a print of this in my home as I try to live by this "code". No matter what religion people may be, I think this message is pretty much across the board for all of us. Be kind to one another.

[wickliffead]

If you read Max Ehrmann's other poems, this does not seem to be his writing style. His other poems are a bit boring. Does'nt seem likely all of a sudden he writes this mytical masterpiece. Desiderata seems to have a more Zen Master type flavor, more of an eastern myticism style. Does'nt seem to be the writing of a German born attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana.

[hms7373]

sounds a little like Peter Lawford

[QueenOnlyMe]

Nice, but it seems to be sped up a bit from what I remember...

[Lennonlover06]

The sentiments in this poem are taken from Marcus Aurelius' 'Meditations'

[davxbeau]

Why does it say 'Be cheerful' in the text here but Richard Burton clearly says 'Be careful'?

[ogionite]

@metrisch

lol sorry, missed that! ^^