today's poem
In which Margaret Cavendish spends a lot of time in the stacks.
The Common Fate of Books
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
The worst Fate Bookes have, when they are once read,
They're laid aside, forgotten like the Dead:
Under a heap of dust they buried lye,
Within a vault of some small Library.
But Spiders they, for honour of that Art
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The Common Fate of Books
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
The worst Fate Bookes have, when they are once read,
They're laid aside, forgotten like the Dead:
Under a heap of dust they buried lye,
Within a vault of some small Library.
But Spiders they, for honour of that Art
Of ( Read more... )
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There offer Flyes, as sacrifice of praise.
It explains so much about the reference library....
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