Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
Question 731: Born on a Monday, very angry on a Wednesday
A simple poem collected by James Orchard Halliwell and published in 1842 with the lyrics:
- ____X_____,
- Born on a Monday,
- Christened on Tuesday,
- Married on Wednesday,
- Took ill on Thursday,
- Grew worse on Friday,
- Died on Saturday,
- Buried on Sunday.
- This is the end
- Of ___X____.
- SO ID X & the significance it bears in the comics world
Labels:
Comics,
Identify,
Personalities,
Poetry
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Question 729: Who's watching then?
ID the 1st 2 lines of this famous pome by __X__, which went on to become amongst his/her most famous quotes.
___Y___
_____Z____
___Y___
_____Z____
They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Labels:
History,
Literature,
Personalities,
Poetry
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
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