"The artifex verborum of the dream ... was no less adept than the waking Coleridge in the metamorphosis of words." — John Livingston Lowes, The Road to Xanadu. Observations on language (mostly ancient), religion, and culture.
By Edward M. Cook, Ph.D.
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Attributed to King Alfred
If thou hast a woe,
tell it not to thy foe;
But tell it to thy saddle-bow,
And ride forth singing.
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