Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most freindship if feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,
That does not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As a friend remembered not.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
William Shakespeare
2 comments:
Oh William, you are so poetic. I hope the holly in my door swag lasts until New Year.
BTW finished the book on cholera. Will check out your book today. Read much on this subject as I studied with Epidemeologist when I got my degree in demography. Also took courses in Morbidity and Mortality as well as Biostatistics. Love this stuff.
That William guy! What a poet.
"How sharper than a serpents tooth is an ungrateful child."
Or as my mother used to say, "How sharper than a serpent's child is an ungrateful tooth!"
I'm in Hawaii, and it isn't even warm here!
Dang winter!
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