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Samson Agonistes

by Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash

I test my bath before I sit,
And I'm always moved to wonderment
That what chills the finger not a bit
Is so frigid upon the fundament.




Quotes of the Day

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and *he that* speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Proverbs 19:5


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    The Beggars
    by Sylvia Plath
    Nightfall, cold eye-neither disheartens These goatish tragedians who Hawk misfortune like figs and chickens And, plaintiff against each day, decry Nature's partial, haphazard thumb.