tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83495992133472260952024-02-18T18:31:57.020-08:00tziporah, stylishly yourstziporah, stylishly yoursTziporah, Stylishly yourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285459004886338089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349599213347226095.post-12265479348728382372010-05-16T18:14:00.001-07:002010-05-16T18:32:53.946-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQFvvAwbtSoYudoqi9mreRjs-dk3Qu_OQkDNNq0AovtH9m2fQtZVBD3drwJvv1OjH_3afAeM7iaS1wUjeFj4yafV-n6cdakYYt04EdAGD3E7T87IQ4gzPsQA22-KImb8AB6lQyHBcNTU/s1600/GetAttachment.aspx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQFvvAwbtSoYudoqi9mreRjs-dk3Qu_OQkDNNq0AovtH9m2fQtZVBD3drwJvv1OjH_3afAeM7iaS1wUjeFj4yafV-n6cdakYYt04EdAGD3E7T87IQ4gzPsQA22-KImb8AB6lQyHBcNTU/s320/GetAttachment.aspx.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472045337292512946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">When I was l6, living in Brooklyn and attending Erasmus Hall High School, alma mater of both Barbara Stanwyck and Barbra Streisand, my Sweet Sixteen Party was held at a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">- hey every Jewish girl in the neighborhood had her sweet sixteen at a Chinese restaurant – that was the cool thing to do. At any rate, something interesting happened there: they gave me a Chinese robe to wear for the night.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">You can see me in the red kimono in the picture with my parents. Fast forward to today, where I own at least l0 of</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">these Chinese coats, being obsessed with antique Chinese clothes. Of all the many things I own – varied and numerous as they are – the Chinese are my favorite.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The embroidery, the quality of the silk, the vivid colors, the vibrancy, the feel, the peonies: these do me in and I swoon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">When I first saw Hou Hsiao-hsien’s film “ Flowers of Shanghai” I nearly fell out of my seat.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I wanted them to stop every frame so I could examine the costumes more closely – both the men and women were gorgeous. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It’s all I want to wear.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCpcPz3hTNCgp5cfka-SXPEjzOw13stkVDKc1IUwzJYTtMYknrs9ccuswGjrp_EO6uwK3-uQeMi4GurUdA0QzrimrY6XqWCIQIvZNpJQxXuC7nhzY3D-H8W3hjO-jBq6IskjaQ5KLJiA/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8MxEJF6xW0O2fuu5EMBUpdqQ_ZWzam91quYS5-FzJ-JKWNedMXdvrxJmBEXRiD6wveMet-qC59Rj0DYlsJqJYz2-bcRyX7At3ms9P3aWYe4coYxdJH7h3wKoN2e6ux-v2oYpcDl-KjM/s320/5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472043400851183234" /></a><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J-0Q0O9lS3g&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J-0Q0O9lS3g&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div></div>Tziporah, Stylishly yourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06285459004886338089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349599213347226095.post-87231337219328482852010-05-09T18:45:00.000-07:002010-05-09T21:51:14.563-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTu1HmrjSt3_avqueqwohsLiLPFqLLhh2J63VPDWoUiL46kJzMUkzdPnE3VWVfJ3FyKlYn8asnPkNaJQql_q8Pa61cFs1XDvfW-AL7GyRtaCynwBAKrSrJmfdxhCqwcAxvmiPp-RGSMBY/s1600/00010009.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0O9RfWEI4M2UHe55XFe-vhXIrqN9YjXPtjpIfSzxeCyjSqUv1xbbo3Rxm5Z62lWeUELNehlN1vX6olww0WwlP0y0EN6ic3kSvdwJVAG_2GyKl8S7d-SloGB01mMQub3LZxyIIknEIXMc/s1600/00010007.JPG"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">It is most fitting that I start this blog, stylishly yours, on Mother’s Day for it is my mother who started me on my journey of loving clothes, costumes, and all things pertaining to dress.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Ida Dina Berner was a Hungarian Jew, gifted beyond measure by hands that could do anything. She was an accomplished dressmaker, and made her living sewing for others, but in addition, she could embroider, knit, and crochet; her skills with clothes were second-to-none to her skills in the kitchen where she excelled as a cook and superb baker.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">But it was her creativity with clothes that had its greatest impact on me. From the perfect accordian-pleated navy blue jumpers, to her delicate blouses, adorable sweaters, and gorgeous dresses, I derived the greatest joy and pleasure. I was her little doll and she excelled at dressing me up and adorning me. And her triumph came every year on Purim, a Jewish holiday in which children don costumes and here my mother’s creativity came bursting through. Every year she outdid herself in her choices and executions of the outfits so that over the years I was: an Arab girl; a Persian princess; Snow White; Santa Claus; one of the seven dwarfs. I was even a donut one year for Chanukah. Every costume was complete from head to toe, each was topped by a hat, and she made all of it. To this day, as I dress in my daily life, every outfit is complete from head to toe and each is topped by a hat. I am still doing Purim – everyday. </span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqbE-ZIbO5a3v38HOzlUM7_PO05baEg2g4IMVTeywCogZ6qhen9J7Q7HepdfvsNvuwMreVj_E5jVLa04qcrIqN10XH5T-MhSJyMSSw0DXjUTfF5R5bfjr353yBYeG50nqf3ILOvZnm7w/s1600/tzipora3.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqbE-ZIbO5a3v38HOzlUM7_PO05baEg2g4IMVTeywCogZ6qhen9J7Q7HepdfvsNvuwMreVj_E5jVLa04qcrIqN10XH5T-MhSJyMSSw0DXjUTfF5R5bfjr353yBYeG50nqf3ILOvZnm7w/s320/tzipora3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469455682183191938" style="float: left; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSynHqUXj81rLf4rjx9mS1px9fTsQeU_59MrwA3UnxhQBpARU4Jw9uPLOPAwS3pLkUI_WS8vPKCv7m-bFu_y6ke4yCbsqpNqY-Ri0IZ_SEUgmS0frYWp7PUlQqNMSm8kAFP4bXm81mAs/s1600/00010008.jpg"></a></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"></span></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">So, to you both, my dear Ima and my beloved Doda Yoli, I dedicate this blog. Thank you for your inspiration and creativity, your vision and generosity and your genius with clothes. I am the woman I am today because I stand on your beautifully-clad shoulders.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGv3VO-ucWjUQx6TCPpO5uAKn1LiBuTL03LWd_aj8lnEnFMJjvnju8BxgiclpVcUC_hyLjeWszL5SYlXf7uxBNRwHmATDgAzQoVNgGg922tASeEK60O-5GpVt38S6OQsa57c3xhGRjYVI/s1600/front-page-1.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGv3VO-ucWjUQx6TCPpO5uAKn1LiBuTL03LWd_aj8lnEnFMJjvnju8BxgiclpVcUC_hyLjeWszL5SYlXf7uxBNRwHmATDgAzQoVNgGg922tASeEK60O-5GpVt38S6OQsa57c3xhGRjYVI/s320/front-page-1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469497854777380114" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTu1HmrjSt3_avqueqwohsLiLPFqLLhh2J63VPDWoUiL46kJzMUkzdPnE3VWVfJ3FyKlYn8asnPkNaJQql_q8Pa61cFs1XDvfW-AL7GyRtaCynwBAKrSrJmfdxhCqwcAxvmiPp-RGSMBY/s1600/00010009.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0O9RfWEI4M2UHe55XFe-vhXIrqN9YjXPtjpIfSzxeCyjSqUv1xbbo3Rxm5Z62lWeUELNehlN1vX6olww0WwlP0y0EN6ic3kSvdwJVAG_2GyKl8S7d-SloGB01mMQub3LZxyIIknEIXMc/s1600/00010007.JPG"></a></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"></span></div></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:Times;font-size:medium;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><h2 align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">THE BALLAD OF THE HARP-WEAVER</span></span></h2><h3 align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">BY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY</span></span></h3></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"SON," said my mother,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> When I was knee-high,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"You've need of clothes to cover you,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And not a rag have I.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"There's nothing in the house</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> To make a boy breeches,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Nor shears to cut a cloth with</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Nor thread to take stitches.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"There's nothing in the house</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> But a loaf-end of rye,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And a harp with a woman's head</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Nobody will buy,"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And she began to cry.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">That was in the early fall.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> When came the late fall,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"Son," she said, "the sight of you</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Makes your mother's blood crawl,–</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"Little skinny shoulder-blades</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Sticking through your clothes!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And where you'll get a jacket from</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> God above knows.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"It's lucky for me, lad,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Your daddy's in the ground,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And can't see the way I let</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> His son go around!"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And she made a queer sound.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">That was in the late fall.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> When the winter came,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">I'd not a pair of breeches</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Nor a shirt to my name.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">I couldn't go to school,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Or out of doors to play.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And all the other little boys</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Passed our way.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"Son," said my mother,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> "Come, climb into my lap,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And I'll chafe your little bones</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> While you take a nap."</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And, oh, but we were silly</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> For half an hour or more,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Me with my long legs</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Dragging on the floor,</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A-rock-rock-rocking</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> To a mother-goose rhyme!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Oh, but we were happy</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> For half an hour's time!</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">But there was I, a great boy,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And what would folks say</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">To hear my mother singing me</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> To sleep all day,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> In such a daft way?</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Men say the winter</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Was bad that year;</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Fuel was scarce,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And food was dear.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A wind with a wolf's head</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Howled about our door,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And we burned up the chairs</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And sat upon the floor.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">All that was left us</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Was a chair we couldn't break,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And the harp with a woman's head</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Nobody would take,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> For song or pity's sake.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">The night before Christmas</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> I cried with the cold,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">I cried myself to sleep</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Like a two-year-old.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And in the deep night</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> I felt my mother rise,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And stare down upon me</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> With love in her eyes.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">I saw my mother sitting</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> On the one good chair,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A light falling on her</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> From I couldn't tell where,</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Looking nineteen,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And not a day older,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And the harp with a woman's head</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Leaned against her shoulder.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Her thin fingers, moving</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> In the thin, tall strings,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Were weav-weav-weaving</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Wonderful things.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Many bright threads,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> From where I couldn't see,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Were running through the harp-strings</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Rapidly,</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And gold threads whistling</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Through my mother's hand.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">I saw the web grow,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And the pattern expand.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">She wove a child's jacket,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And when it was done</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">She laid it on the floor</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And wove another one.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">She wove a red cloak</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> So regal to see,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">"She's made it for a king's son,"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> I said, "and not for me."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> But I knew it was for me.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">She wove a pair of breeches</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Quicker than that!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">She wove a pair of boots</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And a little cocked hat.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">She wove a pair of mittens,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> She wove a little blouse,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">She wove all night</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> In the still, cold house.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">She sang as she worked,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And the harp-strings spoke;</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Her voice never faltered,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And the thread never broke.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And when I awoke,–</span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">There sat my mother</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> With the harp against her shoulder</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Looking nineteen</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And not a day older,</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">A smile about her lips,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And a light about her head,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And her hands in the harp-strings</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Frozen dead.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">And piled up beside her</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> And toppling to the skies,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Were the clothes of a king's son,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> Just my size.</span></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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