To be contentedThey had to be contented:In days of old when knights were bold,And frangers weren't invented,.They wrapped their cocks in woollen socks,And had to be contented,To be contented •They had to be contented!In days of old when knights were bold,And women weren't invented,...
poetical, and Joe Hume of material memory once fought a duel about a fair object of dispute. Before discussing the verse of The Nights it may be advisable to enlarge a little upon the prosody of the Arabs. We know nothing of the origin of their poetry, which is lost in the depths of...
- Barry Lopez "There be delights that will fetch the day about from sun to sun and rock the tedious year as in a delightful dream ... For a garden is Arcady brought home. It is man's bit of gaudy make-believe - his well-disguised fiction of an unvexed Paradise... a world where ...
I can long hours contented fill In watching through my narrowed eyes The tiny things that come my way, The busy ants and restless flies. I toil not, neither do I spin (I can’t avoid quotation) And yet I am not worn or thin; I thrive on contemplation, Like those anchorites so holy...