Posted by Michael (199.60.107.1) on October 09, 2003 at 16:57:22:
In Reply to: Wouldn't it be interesting posted by Michael on October 09, 2003 at 16:49:02:
Just for fun...
: Greed is an evil root.( A tree?)
: An anvil receives many blows. (His workshop?)
: A driver drives. A runner runs. (Where a carrage pulls up to the house?)
: A seer sees. The buyer buys. ( A study...place where accounting work is done?)
: The rain flows. Snow falls. (Mountains...place near a river?)
: The jack fires. The bow twangs;
: a large herd of fat, lazy,
: plump horses wanders aimlessly. (farmland?)
: The flail wants to be with the
: thresher, not with the scholar. (farmland?)
: Children play among the pillars
: with loud heavy clubs. (Ruins?)
: Acrobats and shadow-boxers
: are as swift and nimble as the wind. (Place where a circus once came?)
: The cunning cat slinks quietly along
: and snatches juicy mice. (This might have to be seen.)
: The dog creeps out of his kennel
: just as far as his chain will stretch.
: He knows how to please by playing
: with his toys and knick-knacks.
: He wags his tail, creeps through the hoop,
: and is rewarded with a pat on the paws
: by the stiff fops who watch him. (This too...all in Besslers time.)
(The treasure...possibly X marks the spot; see 22.5)
: A wheel appears - is it really a wheel, for it does not have a normal rim.
: It revolves, but without other wheels inside or outside,
: and without weights, wind, or springs.
: Seen sideways or full face it is as glorious as a peacock's tail.
: It turns to the right and to the left.
: It spins around in any direction whether laden or empty.
: All things belong to one of three kingdoms and you have the evidence before you.
: Without such things as sulfur, salt, and mercury, all things will come to a standstill.
( A refinery?)
: The qualities of the elements are necessary to keep things going.
: Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter are ready to join in any battle.
: The things we eat run through every limb and sinue of our bodies.
: A crab crawls from side to side; It is sound for it is designed thus.
: Poltergeists wander freely through locked doors.
: But softly! - speak softly of all these marvels,
: lest the enemy grows wise! He will drench me with his spittle
: so that I will lose my temper and in a sudden fit,
: cast aside the mantle that conceals my wheel.
: But he shall be thwarted in his desires.