Chapter 338 of 435 · 54 words · ~1 min read

XXXI.

(Man, drop that stone you dared to lift!--) I wish you who stand there five abreast. Each, for his own wife's joy and gift, A little corpse as safely at rest As mine in the mangoes! Yes, but _she_ May keep live babies on her knee, And sing the song she likes the best.