“In my solitude I sing to myself a sweet lullaby, as sweet as my mother used to sing to me.”
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)
Canto 1: st. 1, lines 1–10
The Hasty-Pudding (1793)
Context: Despise it not, ye Bards to terror steel'd,
Who hurl'd your thunders round the epic field;
Nor ye who strain your midnight throats to sing
Joys that the vineyard and the still-house bring;
Or on some distant fair your notes employ,
And speak of raptures that you ne'er enjoy.
I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel,
My morning incense, and my evening meal,
The sweets of Hasty-Pudding. Come, dear bowl,
Glide o'er my palate, and inspire my soul.
“In my solitude I sing to myself a sweet lullaby, as sweet as my mother used to sing to me.”
Le livre de ma mère [The Book of My Mother] (1954)
"Pride and Joy"
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