...when you have once put your neck beneath the yoke of Fortune, you must with steadfast heart bear whatever comes to pass within her realm... Ah! dull-witted mortal, if Fortune begin to stay still, she is no longer Fortune.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Of Saints & Scarecrows
Tell me that L. Frank Baum didn't see this painting at least once in his life!
Sano di Pietro (Italian, active by 142881)
Saint Anthony Abbot Tormented by Demons, ca. 1435; Tempera and gold on panel, 18 11/16 x 13 1/2 in. (47.5 x 34.3 cm) Yale Art Gallery
Come fill the cup, let's drink about
This nicht, we'll merry be;
For friends and for harmony
Likewise my comrades three;
To meet yence mair some other nicht
My secret joy reveal;
For I now maun stray so far away
Til fortune turns the wheel
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Fortunalee is a would-be satirist, who aspires to be as good Jonathan Swift or Oscar Wilde. Failing that, she'd like to be employed full time writing for The Onion.