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Chris Stevens philosophizing rants from the show Northern Exposure are so memorable, I had to type them out. Because Cicely Alaska seems so much like Jerome Arizona, I have made a list of my favorite radio shows that he hosted on the television program. To see the list, go here.

A Red, Red Rose

Chris Stevens

Episode 3.09, "Get Real"

If there's nothing of substance in the world, if the ground we walk on is just a mirage, if reality itself really isn't, what are we left with, what do we hang our hat on? Magic: the stuff not ruled by rational law. Now that might not seem too comforting, but stay with me here. What's the height of the irrational, the zip code of the mysterious? Exactly.

O my luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June;
O my luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
Oh I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve,
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my luve,
Though it were ten thousand mile.

[The poem is "A Red, Red Rose," found in Robert Burns: Selected Poems]

 

 

 

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