WISE MEN SAY
Time is nature’s way of keeping everything from happening at once. (Woody Allen)
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THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS
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POETRY FOR PLEASURE
Three verses from
“The Song of the Shirt”
Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat, in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread -
Stitch! stitch! stitch!
In poverty, hunger, and dirt,
And still with a voice of dolorous pitch
She sang the "Song of the Shirt."
“The Song of the Shirt”
Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and red,
A woman sat, in unwomanly rags,
Plying her needle and thread -
Stitch! stitch! stitch!
In poverty, hunger, and dirt,
And still with a voice of dolorous pitch
She sang the "Song of the Shirt."
"Work! work! work!
While the cock is crowing aloof!
And work - work - work,
Till the stars shine through the roof!
It's Oh! to be a slave
Along with the barbarous Turk,
Where woman has never a soul to save,
If this is Christian work!
"Oh, Men, with Sisters dear!
Oh, men, with Mothers and Wives!
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives!
Stitch - stitch - stitch,
In poverty, hunger and dirt,
Sewing at once, with a double thread,
A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
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While the cock is crowing aloof!
And work - work - work,
Till the stars shine through the roof!
It's Oh! to be a slave
Along with the barbarous Turk,
Where woman has never a soul to save,
If this is Christian work!
"Oh, Men, with Sisters dear!
Oh, men, with Mothers and Wives!
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives!
Stitch - stitch - stitch,
In poverty, hunger and dirt,
Sewing at once, with a double thread,
A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
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JOHN’S GALLERY
The Babylonian Marriage Market
by Edwin Longsden Long (1829-1891)
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The Babylonian Marriage Market
by Edwin Longsden Long (1829-1891)
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MY KIND OF MUSIC
Plaisir d'Amour, composed by Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741–1816), has been featured by many popular singers. In this video, which was uploaded by cb3815, it's played by André Rieu and his Orchestra
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Plaisir d'Amour, composed by Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741–1816), has been featured by many popular singers. In this video, which was uploaded by cb3815, it's played by André Rieu and his Orchestra
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A QUOTE FOR 80 PLUS
Old age is a lot of crossed-off names in your address book. (Ronald Blythe)
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Next post here - Friday 13th January
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Next post here - Friday 13th January
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