[BNP/E3, 78A – 39-42]
Epigrams.
I.
And so they whisper about us -
About me and about you?
And so they whisper about us?
Let us give them reason to!
(11-10-08)
II.
To all those people that say
That honour and good are dead
Many things might well be said;
One of them is that they lie.
(12-10-08)
III.
If rank the guinea‑stamp but be,
Why, to this one thing may be said:
That 'tis only midst men we see
A guinea‑stamp on head.
(15-10-08)
Alexander Search
[40r]
Epigrams – 2.
IV.
You tell me, for oft you choose
Rude and uncourteous to grow,
I can't say |“|Bo|”| to a goose...
Why, James: Bo!
(15-10-08)
V.
What is the best‑named thing in all
The world? Why, this: A papal bull.
(16-10-08.)
VI.
Pius, of pious anger full,
In's bull makes priests and men of bias
Spy us. Although Pius is pious,
His bull (if that's a bull) 's a bull.
(16-10-08)
Alexander Search.
[41r]
Epigrams – 3.
VII.
Pius the Tenth, your letter, bull -
Whate'er it is, with great attention
I read, although 'tis rather dull;
And, to speak true, not to deceive,
These words synthetise the impression
That from your bull I did receive: -
How much of that do you believe?
(16-10-08).
VIII.
He asked me, half in his fine compassion,
To sketch in two strokes his portrait high;
'Tis done: a coat strikingly in fashion
And a red tie.
(=XII-05=)
IX.
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[42r]
Epigrams – 4.
X.
They say that all roads lead to Rome,
And, what’s more, it is true;
But it is clear most of them must
Lead crookedly thereto.
24-10-08.
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24-10-08.
XII.
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Give all your attention to this matter. No attention can be too much.
Bertha is prettier than ever.
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