20201110 Tuesday
Sonnet 78
So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse,
And found such fair assistance in my verse
As every alien pen hath got my use
And under thee their poesy disperse.
Thine eyes, that taught the dumb on high to sing
And heavy ignorance aloft to fly,
Have added feathers to the learned’s wing
And given grace a double majesty.
Yet be most proud of that which I compile,
Whose influence is thine, and born of thee:
In others’ works thou dost but mend the style,
And arts with thy sweet graces graced be;
But thou art all my art, and dost advance
As high as learning my rude ignorance.
On Monday morning, while Four Seasons sold its merchandise, the story sputtered on in the press. The first Republican poll watcher called to the podium, it was revealed, was Daryl Brooks, a political gadfly and convicted sex offender from New Jersey.
Gadfly gád・fly/ ˈgæˌdflaɪ / たかる虫
Lockdown is breeding resentment. Nigel Farage can see that – does the left? | Julian Coman
resentment 憤り bitterness
Covid-19’s relentless immiseration of the British working poor was laid bare last week in a reportreleased by the Office of National Statistics.
immiseration 貧困に苦しむ
