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Originally Posted by ahi
Thanks, Zelda. Three more...
Pettiest Theft
I thou thee, thou thouable thief*!
Sit thou calmly, sit thou sweetly;
Time for my vengeance will one day come.
Then thou, not I, shall be the one,
mourning thy letter brought to ruminate upon,
in the timeless hours ahead.
-- A. H. István
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou#Use_as_a_verb |
i liked all of those but the last was my favorite, for its intrinsic merits but also for teaching me the use of "thou" as a verb and because i am (rather lazily) campaigning to bring back the use of 2 distinct forms of "you" in english (singular / informal vs. plural / formal).
