Falling naturally into trochaic tetrameter as it does, the beginning of Agnes’s lament almost made me wonder if Trout were going to end up quoting of The Song of Hiawatha:
“In the night, when all Is silence, / In the night, when all Is darkness, / When the Spirit of Sleep, Nepahwin, / Shuts the doors of all the wigwams, / So that not an ear can hear you, / So that not an eye can see you, / Rise up from your bed in silence, / Lay aside your garments wholly, / Walk around the fields you planted, / Round the borders of the cornfields, / Covered by your tresses only, / Robed with darkness as a garment. / Thus the fields shall be more fruitful … "
einarbt 12 months ago
Maybe a visit to the local library would help, if you still have them in the US empire that is. And yes with the books still available.
seanfear 12 months ago
this is what you get when you have kids addicted to Farmville
snsurone76 12 months ago
When will the blue M&M tree take root??
mfrasca 12 months ago
If you plant ice, you’re gonna harvest wind.
the lost wizard 12 months ago
Needs fertilizer. :)
Jefano Premium Member 12 months ago
Falling naturally into trochaic tetrameter as it does, the beginning of Agnes’s lament almost made me wonder if Trout were going to end up quoting of The Song of Hiawatha:
“In the night, when all Is silence, / In the night, when all Is darkness, / When the Spirit of Sleep, Nepahwin, / Shuts the doors of all the wigwams, / So that not an ear can hear you, / So that not an eye can see you, / Rise up from your bed in silence, / Lay aside your garments wholly, / Walk around the fields you planted, / Round the borders of the cornfields, / Covered by your tresses only, / Robed with darkness as a garment. / Thus the fields shall be more fruitful … "
(Longfellow, Song of Hiawatha, Chapter 13)
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault 12 months ago
Agriculture needs patient, hard-working gamblers.