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:
In bed we laugh, in bed we cry,
And born in bed, in bed we die;
The near approach a bed may shew
Of human bliss to human woe.
French original:
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.



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