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Shamus

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2020.09.03 10:51

In the Room by James Thomson.

Part 8 of 13.

It was not much

she ever wrote;
Her fingers had good work to do;
Say, once a week a pretty note;
And very long it took her too.
And little more she read, I wis;
Just now and then a pictured sheet,
Besides those letters she would kiss
And croon for hours, they were so sweet.

She had her friends too, blithe young girls,
Who whisper’d, babbled, laugh’d, caress’d,
And romp’d and danced with dancing curls,
And gave our life a joyous zest.
But with this dullard, glum and sour,
Not one of all his fellow-men
Has ever pass’d a social hour;
We might be in some wild beast’s den.
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  • Shamus 2020.09.03 10:51

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    The mirror remembers that girl would write a little, mostly sweet letters, and what she read were sweet letters for her that she kissed and held for for hours. The girl also had many friends like her, joyful girls who would spend time in the room with her and brighten it even more. The mirror then regrets being in the current room with this man who has never brought any friends here and who seems boring and miserable.
  • Fatma Ali 2020.09.03 12:13

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    What does wis mean?
  • Girgis 2020.09.03 12:27

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    @Fatma Ali Maybe it shortcut for whisper
  • Shamus 2020.09.03 12:54

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    @Girgis Oh that's a good thought! It actually means "to know" something. An archaic English term I think. We don't use it these days.
  • Shamus 2020.09.08 21:05

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