I like to see it lap the miles:
I like to see it lap the miles,
And lick the valleys up,
And stop to feed itself at tanks;
And then, prodigious, step
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Pelt:
The fur or hair of a living animal.
Persian: پوست
Flay:
To remove the skin from an animal or person, especially one that is dead.
Persian: پوست کندن
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing:
A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep. The Lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the Wolf was wearing, began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep’s clothing; so, leading the Lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal off her, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.
Appearances are deceptive.
The Fox and the Cat:
A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies. ‘I have a whole bag of tricks,’ he said, ‘which contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies.’ ‘I have only one,’ said the Cat; ‘but I can generally manage with that.’ Just at that moment they heard the cry of a pack of hounds coming towards them, and the Cat immediately scampered up a tree and hid herself in the boughs.
‘This is my plan,’ said the Cat. ‘What are you going to do?’ The Fox thought first of one way, then of another, and while he was debating the hounds came nearer and nearer, and at last the Fox in his confusion was caught up by the hounds and soon killed by the huntsmen. Miss Puss, who had been
looking on, said:
‘Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.’
Hoo-ha:
A euphemism for vagina; punani; happy place.
My hoo-ha is sore from that jungle sex we had last night!
Eleanor Roosevelt:
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
Surgeons must be very careful:
Surgeons must be very careful
When they take the knife!
Underneath their fine incisions
Stirs the culprit,—Life!
Reed:
A type of tall plant like grass that grows in wet places.
Reeds grew in clumps all along the river bank.
Persian: نی
The Tree and the Reed:
‘Well, little one,’ said a Tree to a Reed that was growing at its foot, ‘why do you not plant your feet deeply in the ground, and raise your head boldly in the air as I do?’
‘I am contented with my lot,’ said the Reed. ‘I may not be so grand, but I think I am safer.’
‘Safe!’ sneered the Tree. ‘Who shall pluck me up by the roots or bow my head to the ground?’ But it soon had to repent of its boasting, for a hurricane arose which tore it up from its roots, and cast it a useless log on the ground, while the little Reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Obscurity often brings safety.
Anthony Hecht:
Composed in the Tower before his execution
These moving verses, and being brought at that time
Painfully to the stake, submitted, declaring thus:
“I implore my God to witness that I have made no crime.”
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Imperial:
Relating to an empire or to the person who rules it.
Britain’s imperial expansion in the 19th century.
Persian: شاهنشاهی
The Ant and the Grasshopper:
In a field one summer’s day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart’s content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.
‘Why not come and chat with me,’ said the Grasshopper, ‘instead of toiling and moiling in that way?’
‘I am helping to lay up food for the winter,’ said the Ant, ‘and recommend you to do the same.’
‘Why bother about winter?’ said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present.’ But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:
It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
William Shakespeare:
My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.
The soul unto itself:
The soul unto itself
Is an imperial friend,—
Or the most agonizing spy
An enemy could send.
Secure against its own, 5
No treason it can fear;
Itself its sovereign, of itself
The soul should stand in awe.
The Griesly Wife:
"Lie Still, my newly
married wife,
Lie easy as you can.
You're young and ill
accustomed yet
To sleepying with a
man."
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The Lion and the Statue:
A Man and a Lion were discussing the relative strength of men and lions in general. The Man contended that he and his fellows were stronger than lions by reason of their greater intelligence. ‘Come now with me,’ he cried, ‘and I will soon prove that I am right.’ So he took him into the public gardens and showed him a statue of Hercules overcoming the Lion and tearing his mouth in two.
‘That is all very well,’ said the Lion, ‘but proves nothing, for it was a man who made the statue.’
We can easily represent things as we wish them to be.
The Fox and the Lion:
When first the Fox saw the Lion he was terribly frightened, and ran away and hid himself in the wood. Next time however he came near the King of Beasts he stopped at a safe distance and watched him pass by. The third time they came near one another the Fox went straight up to the Lion and passed the time of day with him, asking him how his family were, and when he should have the pleasure of seeing him again; then turning his tail, he parted from the Lion without much ceremony.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Apennines:
A range of mountains in a line down the middle of Italy, from the northwest of the country to the south.
The thought beneath so slight a film:
The thought beneath so slight a film
Is more distinctly seen,—
As laces just reveal the surge,
Or mists the Apennine.
Medal Fatigue:
Inability to stay awake during the day because one has stayed up late watching coverage of the Olympic games.
Halfway through the meeting Barry succumbed to medal fatigue, slumping in his chair, snoring loudly and dreaming that he beat Michael Phelps in the 200 IM.
The Twa Corbies:
As I was walking all alane,
I heard twa corbies makin a mane;
The tane unto the ither say,
"Whar sall we gang and dine the-day?"
"In ahint yon auld fail dyke,
I wot there lies a new slain knight;
And nane do ken that he lies there,
But his hawk, his hound an his lady fair."
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Extant:
Still existing in spite of being very old.
Few of the manuscripts are still extant.
We have some extant parish records from the sixteenth century.
Persian: موجود
Cherubim:
One of the angels who guard the seat where God sits.
Persian: انجیل: کروب
Jehovah:
A name given to God in the Old Testament.
Persian: یهوه، خدا
Juno:
In Roman mythology, the goddess of women and marriage. She was the wife of Jupiter. In Greek mythology her name is Hera.
Persian: اسطوره ی روم: ژونو، جونو
The Peacock and Juno:
A Peacock once placed a petition before Juno desiring to have the voice of a nightingale in addition to his other attractions; but Juno refused his request. When he persisted, and pointed out that he was her favourite bird, she said:
‘Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.’
Stag:
A fully grown male deer; buck.
Persian: گوزن نر
The Horse, Hunter, and Stag:
A quarrel had arisen between the Horse and the Stag, so the Horse came to a Hunter to ask his help to take revenge on the Stag. The Hunter agreed, but said: ‘If you desire to conquer the Stag, you must permit me to place this piece of iron between your jaws, so that I may guide you with these reins, and allow this saddle to be placed upon your back so that I may keep steady upon you as we follow after the enemy.’ The Horse agreed to the conditions, and the Hunter soon saddled and bridled him. Then with the aid of the Hunter the Horse soon overcame the Stag, and said to the Hunter...
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