... telling of the dream the mother asked the girl if she could imagine what the camel signified in the dream, and she immediately replied: "Papa, because he has to drag along and worry himself like a camel. You know, Mamma, when he wants to slobber you it is as if he said to you in camel talk, 'Please play with me. I will marry you; I won't let you go away.' The rocks on which you are were steep, the path was quite clear, but the railing was very dirty and there was a deep abyss, and a man slipped over the railing ... — Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts • Herbert Silberer Read full book for free!
... You don't want pity, man! The beaten bull, Even when the dogs are tearing at his gullet, Turns no eye up for pity. I myself, Crippled and hunched and twisted as I am, Would make a brave fend to stand up to you Until you swallowed your words, if you should slobber Your pity over me. A bull! Nay, man, You're nothing but a bear with a sore head. A bee has stung you—you who've lived on honey. Sawdust, forsooth! You've had the sweet of life: ... — Georgian Poetry 1913-15 • Edited by E. M. (Sir Edward Howard Marsh) Read full book for free!