Saturday, January 14, 2017
In Bed
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), "Translation of Lines by Benserade," Poems (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964; rpt. 1975), p. 293:
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In bed we laugh, in bed we cry,French original:
And born in bed, in bed we die;
The near approach a bed may shew
Of human bliss to human woe.
Théâtre des ris et des pleurs
Lit! où je nais, et où je meurs,
Tu nous fais voir comment voisins
Sont nos plaisirs et chagrins.
