Books are celestial -
Required on every voyage,
A trunk with maps and curios,
Hearts bound with triple brass.
Pot-bellied Innkeeper,
Doctor and Squire -
Proprietorial laughter,
Claret, beef, port.
A private world of eloquence,
Felicities in Latin;
Heavy coats and walking-sticks,
Church bells and sin.
Vibrant language radiant
From London to the Hebrides,
With genial enlightened Hume
An image of how human
Life might be.
The low spark on cobblestones
Lights up the fond
Rambunctious literati.
Doctor and Squire -
Proprietorial laughter,
Claret, beef, port.
A private world of eloquence,
Felicities in Latin;
Heavy coats and walking-sticks,
Church bells and sin.
Vibrant language radiant
From London to the Hebrides,
With genial enlightened Hume
An image of how human
Life might be.
The low spark on cobblestones
Lights up the fond
Rambunctious literati.
