tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71886188100086515422024-03-07T20:40:30.243-08:00Silly BillysSilly Billyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082981779139721042noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188618810008651542.post-88433697049552893452011-06-08T10:44:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:11:08.202-08:00<span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /><br />Such a dream I had this morning<br />such delights could not be true,<br />of a lake spread out before me<br />water shimmering green and blue.<br />On the breeze a scent of freshness<br />sun shine bright to warm me through,<br />if I close my eyes and slumber<br />perhaps to lakeside return anew<br /><br />If man stood up on a hill<br />grass long all through<br />at her waist a hand curved<br />holding tight two<br />headlong they'd tumble<br />rolling down through<br />within the tall grass<br />one rolling in two<br /><br />I know now more nonsense<br />that should know better<br />but as more nonsense know<br />so amuse better<br /><br />Acrobatics and aquatics<br />and other such like sports<br />give pleasure in the taking<br />as other benefits all sorts.<br />Their practice will improve much<br />skills on and off the courts<br />also in time of leisure as about<br />the day one goes comports<br /><br />Though a teacup's enticements may be modest<br />refreshment one is assured most truly honest<br /><br />If man had a pleasure garden<br />its true essence but in time<br />might come to know<br />beauty of its flowers<br />by passing seasons<br />flower blooming show.<br />Let him wander through the garden<br />over months and many weeks<br />perhaps hidden in the foliage<br />one day find the rose he seeks<br /><br />Acrobatics and gymnastics<br />and other such like sports<br />be they a way to pass an hour<br />above all methods other sorts.<br />For what pleasure be the measure<br />in which mind and body do consort<br />how well they go together<br />in playing do comport<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br />Acrobatics and gymnastics<br />as indeed many a sport<br />increase the measure of their pleasure<br />through regular training of diverse sort.<br />Whether in a sports hall<br />a gym or ball games court<br />tis the striving for improvement<br />through frequent practice we exhort</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For the pomegranates ripened<br />lo the tree weighed down with fruit<br />let us go down to the orchard<br />hear the wind play on her flute<br /><br />If man had him a seed what shall he do<br />but plant it and tend it as by seasons it grew.<br />And in passing the years flowers ripening fruit<br />give forth to new seed as saplings take root<br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></span>Silly Billyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082981779139721042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188618810008651542.post-12958864045902105762010-03-31T18:06:00.000-07:002011-09-14T13:44:32.605-07:00<span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /><br />Such a dream I had this morning<br />such delights could not be true<br />of a feast spread out before me<br />delicious morsels through and through.<br />On waking, oh such despair,<br />when I saw the dream had vanished<br />and left the cupboards bare<br /><br /><br />How hungry I am!<br />To bed without dinner<br />and no breakfast either.<br />But tis not for a snack<br />that I wish<br />but to feast in one sitting<br />dish after dish<br /><br />Dearie me but that was tasty, could I have a little more?<br />Though it’s rude to ask for seconds please forgive me I implore.<br />The sweetness there was so familiar, to place the taste I managed not<br />But nary just a sliver would so surely hit the spot.<br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Let us count the pennies wisely</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">for so few there be to spare<br />were </span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">if we had more pennies</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">would not fret nary a care.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /><br /></span>Silly Billyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082981779139721042noreply@blogger.com0