Thursday, April 23, 2015
Fit to Beg in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin
Robert Wild (1609-1679), "Alas poore Scholler whither wilt thou go," lines 1-13:
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In a melancholly studdyThis reminds me of the old joke:
None but my selfe,
Me thought my muse grew muddy,
After seaven yeares reading
And costly breeding,
I felt, but could finde no pelfe:
Into learned raggs
I've rent my Plush and Sattin,
And now am fit to begg
in Hebrew, Greeke and Lattin,
Instead of Aristotle,
would I had got a Patten:
Alasse poore Scholler whither wilt thou go?
Q. What did the liberal arts graduate say to the engineering graduate?
A. Would you like some fries with that?
