Laughter from a Cloud By Walter Raleigh with a foreword by Hilary Raleigh |
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[“What is the use of waiting?”]
“What is the use of waiting?”
I heard a blackbird say,
“The flowers are out, and without a doubt
This is the month of May;
So what is the use of waiting?
The time has come for mating,
And I'm off to find a wife to my mind
On this beautiful golden day.”
I heard a blackbird say,
“The flowers are out, and without a doubt
This is the month of May;
So what is the use of waiting?
The time has come for mating,
And I'm off to find a wife to my mind
On this beautiful golden day.”
“What is the use of waiting?”
Said a man in a parachute,
“The balloon is bust, and I can't adjust
The ribs of this tangled brute.
So what is the use of waiting?
I shall have to be gravitating;
But a smaller jump and less of a bump
On the hard round earth would suit.”
Said a man in a parachute,
“The balloon is bust, and I can't adjust
The ribs of this tangled brute.
So what is the use of waiting?
I shall have to be gravitating;
But a smaller jump and less of a bump
On the hard round earth would suit.”
“What is the use of waiting?”
Said a man in evening dress,
“The men I wait on they gorge like Satan,
And can only say ‘More’ or ‘Yes.’
So what is the use of waiting?
And forking and knifing and plating?
I'd rather dwell in a prison cell
Where the customers eat less.”
Said a man in evening dress,
“The men I wait on they gorge like Satan,
And can only say ‘More’ or ‘Yes.’
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And forking and knifing and plating?
I'd rather dwell in a prison cell
Where the customers eat less.”
Question: What is the use of waiting?
Word: Parachute.
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