Alter argumentum

An Alternative Argument of his weblog

    
I sing of buttocks, breasts, bliss and beauty:

Of every moment of sublime duty.

I write of warm grass perfumed by the sun,

Where often blessed deeds are gladly done.

I sing of Life, of Love, and have access

 By these, to treasured thoughts of each caress.

 I sing of storms, of snow and of sweet nights

 Of perfumed pillows, sheets, warmest delights.

 I sing of Time and of Time's sifting sand,

               How timeless dreams live on within dreamland.              

 I write of sunsets, seas and in praise sing

 To all that is beauteous, and everything.

                 I write not of Hell, for what Hell is worth,               

 But of Heaven, or Paradise on Earth.

With apologies to Robert Herrick
The Argument of his Book

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As Sonata in Praes o Molli (decipit frons prima)

Mollis abutti,

Has an acuti

No lasso finis;

Molli dii vinis

 O mi de armistris,

Imi na Dis tres;

Cantu disco ver

Meas alo ver.

Jonathan Swift

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Parody and image © Mirino (PW). Swift Sonata- The Chatto Book of Love Poetry.

With thanks. January, 2012