So you believe, O Sire KING.

To them he proclaimed that in the city of Peirene his sire bare rule and had rich heritage of land and palace, even he who once, when he longed to bridle the snaky Gorgon's son, Pegasos, at Peirene's spring, suffered many things, until the time when maiden Pallas brought to him a bit with head-band of gold, and from a dream behold it was very deed.

Among the rest of these stood Balaam's ass A speaking likeness (if you will, a braying) And Abraham's sacrifice, and there, alas! Lot's daughters, too, their drunken sire betraying.

Sire empereur, répondit Montdidier, Je ne suis désormais bon qu'à congédier; J'ai trop porté haubert, maillot, casque et salade; J'ai besoin de mon lit, car je suis fort malade; J'ai la fièvre; un ulcère aux jambes m'est venu; Et voilà plus d'un an que je n'ai couché nu.

If gaming does an aged sire entice, Then my young master swiftly learns the vice, And shakes in hanging sleeves the little box and dice.

As yet his winters had not shed Their silver honours on his head; He just had got his pinions free From his old sire Eternity.

Aciloe's searching eye can now no more 65 The form of Zamor, or her sire explore; She hears the moan of death in every gale, She sees a purple torrent stain the vale; While destin'd all the bitterness to prove Of mourning duty, and of bleeding love, 70 Each name that's dearest wakes her bursting sigh, Throbs at her soul, and trembles in her eye.

nay, rather, my damnation thou, Said he: nor am I bound to keep my vow: The fiend thy sire hath sent thee from below, Else how couldst thou my secret sorrows know?

Sire Olivier appelle Un batelier caché derrière une chapelle.

Government occasionally through its officers, experimental farms, etc., tries to get good sire stock for both horses and cattle, but as long as the dams are badmere weeds, without blood, bone, muscle, or stamina, the produce must be bad.

Now, Fortunatus, bend thy happy course Unto thy father's house, to greet thy dearest friends; And if that still thy aged sire survive, Thy presence will revive his drooping spirits, And cause his wither'd cheeks be sprent with youthful blood, Where death of late was portray'd to the quick.

The vig'rous youth to manhood grown, Becomes a hoary sire anon; The blooming maid becomes a bride, A loving consort by her side, The zenith point of earthly bliss, But ah!

Old useless furnitures, yet stand ye here, Because my sire ye served, now dead and gone.