Today’s Totally Random
Lines
You
are the fount that makes small brooks to flow:
King Edward
King Henry the Sixth Part III Act IV, Scene viii, Line 54
Well I read that and I thought, what a nice compliment. Right. Now listen to
the whole six lines. Edward is talking to Henry whom he’s just stolen the
kingship from.
Seize on the shame-faced Henry, bear him hence;
And once again proclaim us king of England.—
You are the fount that makes small brooks to flow;
Now stops thy spring; my sea shall suck them dry,
And swell so much the higher by their ebb.—
Hence with him to the Tower; let him not speak.
So apparently being the fount that makes small
brooks to grow is small potatoes. One needs to be the sea that swells so much
the bigger by sucking the small brooks dry.
I don’t know about you, but I think I’d rather be
the fount that makes small brooks to flow.
What an absolutely gorgeous morning it is out here in the backyard. The days don’t get much nicer than this.
You can keep your swelling seas, thank you very much.
2 comments:
I think our blue herons need more foliage to frolic in like your flamingos.
Those herons are pretty good looking. I think they stand pretty well on their own.
They can definitely be the fount that makes small brooks to flow.
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