Mistakenly not posted to all: When pondering what lutenists should not Expend the few hours one has got, The writing of verse Seems quite the reverse Of tuning a string in its slot. Tuning a lute takes much time If one is to play quite sublime, So if one reflects On those things that do vex, Luters should leave off with rhymes. RA > Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:22:25 -0800 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes - Dowland's poem > > If you mean at the same time; > -Shaving with a straight razor in one hand and eating with chopsticks in > the other. But Thomas Campion- arguably at his less profound level than > Dowland- was better at being both poet & composer of songs. Never the > underlay problems such as found in so many of Dowland's second verses > and subsequent verses. But I still prefer Dowland. > > WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HAVE A LIST OF ACTION-PAIRS WHICH "SHOULD" NOT > BE PERFORMED BY ONE PERSON... :-) > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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