a slightly different turn on the famous Auden, Patrick? Neatly turned,
at any rate. Yes, as Isaac Asimov often pointed out, most of us if we
could 'remember' would find our ancestors tilling the soil....
doug
On 28-Feb-07, at 1:28 AM, Patrick Mc Manus wrote:
> MEDIEVAL PICTURE
>
> in the
> richly painted
> medieval picture
> equisitely executed
> the finely clothed people
> in the idyllic foreground
> wandered discoursing dallying
>
> in the
> background
> tilling the soil
> wearing the rags
> hefting digging and hoeing
> were the peasants
> with the pigs
>
> he suspected
> that probably
> his ancestors were
> amongst the latter
>
>
> pmcmanus
> raynes park uk
> q013
> Wednesday, 28 February 2007
>
>
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There was no sign of survivors, and
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