集 31
August is the Month Before Christmas
It being reckoned that Jesus was actually born in September.
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A Bird in the Solitude Singing
From the wreck of my past, which hath perish'd, Thus much I at least may recall, It hath taught me that which I most cherish'd Deserved to be dearest of all: In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing, Which speaks to my spirit of thee.
Lord Byron
展开But Who Shall Beat the Drums?
""There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?"" (Charles Lamb)
展开Autumn Without Red Leaves
""The summer is over...""
展开You Fish or You Cut Bait
The proverb put to the test.
展开For Jimmy, the Best of Everything
The power of personality.
展开Woods Full of Question Marks
The punctuated forest. Autism and deafness in children.
展开A Thousand Words are Mute
A picture is most eloquent.
展开Money, a Horse, and a Knowledge of Latin
The classical Rx, yet Dr. Swanson fails to inspire respect.
展开A Disease of the Heart Called Love
L'amour et la mort.
展开Kill the Dream, but Spare the Dreamer
The Freudian prescription.
展开Courage at 3 A.M.
""As to moral courage, he [Napoleon] had very rarely found it, he said, that of two hours past midnight; which is to say, courage unawares.""
展开This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World
The whirligig of 3/4 time.
展开A Boy is Standing Outside the Door
The threshold of knowledge.
展开Where Does the Boomerang Go?
The parabolic return. A scientist from Australia on his last legs.
展开Pas de Deux
A romantic ballet.
展开Every Other Minute, It's the End of the World
Working in the hospital milieu.
展开A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks
Cleopatra and the clepsydra.
展开When I am Grown to Man's Estate
Looking Forward
When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
Robert Louis Stevenson
展开A Man, a Maid, and a Marionette
Various strings and attachments.
展开A Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned Well
Shadow and substance.
展开A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow
Dr. Green practices the best medicine, but Dr. Zorba and Dr. Casey are rather saturnine on his manner.
展开Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw
Modern medicine.
展开Eulogy in Four Flats
The key of mourning.
展开Three Li'l Lambs
""To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure."" (George Herbert)
展开A Slave is On the Throne
Gen. 41:41
展开Journeys End in Lovers Meeting
The Day They Stole County General
A change of management.
展开Did Your Mother Come From Ireland, Ben Casey?
A son of the auld sod.
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From Sutter's Crick...and Beyond Farewell
A memorable rapprochement.
展开A Horse Named Stravinsky
A mount with a legendary moniker.
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