The Nun's AspirationThe yesterday doth never smile,
The day goes drudging through the while,
Yet, in the name of Godhead, I
The morrow front, and can defy;
Though I am weak, yet God, when…
by Robert Burns O Were My Love Yon Lilac FairLines On John M'Murdo, ESQ.Bonie Jean-A Ballad To its ain tune. There was a lass, and she was fair,
At kirk or market to be…
Scene IIField of battle between the British and Roman campsEnter, from one side, Lucius, Iachimo, and the Roman Army: from the other side, the British Army; Posthumus Leonatus following, like…
(Latin). The slave of slaves, the drudge of a servant. The style adopted by the Roman pontiffs ever since the time of Gregory the Great is Servus Servorum Die. “Alexander episcopus, servus…
One who has all the work but none of the profit; he turns the spit but eats not of the roast. The allusion is to the dog used formerly to turn the spit in roasting. Topsel says, “They go…
[little cinder girl]. Heroine of a fairy tale. She is the drudge of the house, dirty with housework, while her elder sisters go to fine balls. At length a fairy enables her to go to the…
A “drudging fiend,” and merry domestic fairy, famous for mischievous pranks and practical jokes. At night-time he will sometimes do little services for the family over which he presides.…
Chanting the Square DeificPart 1Chanting the square deific, out of the One advancing, out of the sides,
Out of the old and new, out of the square entirely divine,
Solid, four-sided, (all the…
by Robert Burns Second Epistle To J. LapraikPostcriptEpistle To William Simson Schoolmaster, Ochiltree.-May, 1785 I gat your letter, winsome Willie;
Wi' gratefu' heart I…
(Encyclopedia) swimming, self-propulsion through water, often as a form of recreation or exercise or as a competitive sport. It is mentioned in many of the classics in connection with heroic acts or…
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