 | John Sitter - 2001 - 322 pages
...aslope: Such is that sprinkling which some careless quean Flirts on you from her mop, but not so clean. You fly, invoke the gods; then turning, stop To rail;...singing, still whirls on her mop. Not yet the dust had shunned th' unequal strife, But aided by the wind fought still for life, And wafted with its foe by... | |
 | Laura Brown - 2001 - 292 pages
...mop: Such is that Sprinkling which some careless Quean Flirts on you from her Mop, but not so clean. You fly, invoke the Gods; then turning, stop To rail; she singing, still whirls on her Mop. (11. 19-22) From the context, the woman described here must be a maid servant, but a "Quean" could... | |
 | Edward Tomarken - 2002 - 292 pages
...aslope: Such is that sprinkling which some careless quean Flirts on you from her mop, but not so clean: You fly, invoke the gods; then turning, stop To rail;...singing, still whirls on her mop. Not yet the dust had shunned the unequal strife; But, aided by the wind, fought still for life, And wafted with its foe... | |
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Twas doubtful which was rain, and which was dust. Ah ! where must needy poet seek for aid, When dust and rain at once his coat invade... 
