Friday, July 27, 2018

Blog off


I shall be back East next week, so this blog is off for that time.

History Mystery


History Mystery

I’m baffled by a mystery:
How often has, in history
A king enthroned
Has sadly moaned
“This seat’s so hot and blistery”?

Thursday, July 26, 2018

A reply to Housman


Oh, malt does more than Milton can
to justify God’s ways to Man;
but I think it is much more odd
to justify Man’s ways to God!