tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post8171308361413797648..comments2024-03-11T04:11:06.487-04:00Comments on The Smithy: Motor BusLee Faberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00476833516234522602noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-68618851389761590292008-10-08T07:49:00.000-04:002008-10-08T07:49:00.000-04:00V good i x-posted both of these herehttp://communi...V good i x-posted both of these here<BR/><BR/>http://community.livejournal.com/latin/Edward Ockhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472139466585018053.post-40667747091846003452008-10-07T16:23:00.000-04:002008-10-07T16:23:00.000-04:00From the Bankolidaid:Charmer virumque I sing, Jack...From the <I>Bankolidaid</I>:<BR/><BR/>Charmer virumque I sing, Jack plumigeramque Arabellam.<BR/>Costermonger erat Jack Jones, asinumque agitabat;<BR/>In Covent Garden holus, sprouts vendidit asparagumque.<BR/>Vendidit in circo to the toffs Arabella the donah,<BR/>Qua Picadilly propinquat to Shaftesbury Avenue, flores.<BR/><BR/>Jam Whitmonday adest; ex Newington Causeway the costers<BR/>Erumpunt multi celebrare their annual beano;<BR/>Quisque suum billycock habuere, et donah ferentes,<BR/>Impositque rotis, popularia carmina singing,<BR/>Happy with ale omnes-exceptis excipiendis,<BR/>Gloomily drives Jack Jones, inconsolabilis heros;<BR/>No companion habet, solus sine virgine coster.<BR/>Per Boro', per Fleet Street, per Strand, sic itur ad "Empire";<BR/>Illinc Conentry Street peragunt in a merry procession,<BR/>Qua Picadilly propinquat to Shaftesbury Avenue tandem<BR/>Gloomily Jack vehitur. Sed amet qui never amavit!<BR/><BR/>En! subito fugiunt dark thoughts; Arabella videtur.<BR/>Quum subit illius pulcherrima bloomin imago,<BR/>Corde juvat Jack Jones; exclamat loudly "What oh, there!"<BR/>Maiden ait "Deus, ecce Deus!" floresque relinquit.<BR/>Post asinum sedet illa; petunt Welsh Harp prope Hendon.<BR/><BR/>O fons Brent Reservoir! recubans sub tegmine brolli,<BR/>Brachia complexus (yum yum!) Jack kissed Arabella;<BR/>"Garn" ait illa rubens, et "Garn" reboatur ab echo;<BR/>Propositique tenax Jack "swelp me lumme I loves yer."<BR/>Hinc illae lacrimae; "Jest one!" et "Saucy, give over."<BR/><BR/>Tempora jam mutantur, et hats; caligine cinctus<BR/>Oscula Jones iterat, mokoque inmittit habenas.<BR/>Concertina manu sixteen discordia vocum<BR/>Obloquitur; cantant (ne saeve, magne policeman)<BR/>Noctem in Old Kent Road. Sic transit gloria Monday.<BR/><BR/>– Frank Sidgwick (early C20th)Brunellushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630207490739621242noreply@blogger.com