George Ferzoco wrote:
>Today, 8 July, is the feast of ...
>
> * Sunniva and companions (tenth century?)
- after shipwreck on island of Selje (near Norway), they were
trapped in a cave after a landslide
This puts me in mind of one of Du Maurier's *Vers Nonsensiques*, as
follows (apologies for the attempted accents):
Un marin naufrage' (de Doncastre)
Pour prie`re, au milieu du de'sastre,
Re'pe'tait a` genoux
Ces mots simples et doux:
"Scintillez, scintillez, petit astre!"
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Mark Harris
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"The reason of a thing is not to bee inquired after till you are
sure the thing it selfe bee soe. Wee comonly are att *What's
the reason of it?* before wee are sure of the thing."
John Selden (1584-1654), _Table Talk_
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