Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Today’s Totally Random Lines


 

And, as he drinks his draughts of Rhenish down,

The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out

The triumph of his pledge.

 

Hamlet

Hamlet                   Act I, Scene iv,  Line 10

 

the king is feasting and every time he drinks, trumpets, drums, and cannon make their joyful noise in celebration.

There, instead of Pete’s version I gave you Isaac’s version this morning. So that’s right, every time the king drinks there is a musical salute with a cannon. It sounds a bit much, doesn’t it; sort of like a backwards drinking game. Instead of drinking every time something happens, something (in this case a musical and cannon salute) happens every time he drinks. I guess it’s great to be king. Sort of.

 

2 comments:

Squeaks said...

Does Isaac really give a plain version, just like Pete?

Pete Blagys said...

Occasionally he does.

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