Hoàng-Ân
cast to the wind
cast to the wind
all my burdens
cast to the wind
hatred in me: alive and ruthless
hatred for boredom, of boredom
cast to the wind
cast to the wind
cast to the wind
the life of dust,
the life of tears,
the life of loneliness
cast to the wind
to the wind
to the wind
obligations
strenuous
expectations
cold and calculated
cast to the wind
cast to the wind
cast to the wind
all my burdens
cast to the wind
WILLIAM THOMPSON (1712-1766)
THE HAPPY LIFE
A book, a friend, a song, a glass,
A chaste, yet laughter-loving lass,
To mortals various joys impart,
Inform the sense, and warm the heart.
Thrice happy they, who careless laid
Beneath a kind-embowering shade,
With rosy wreaths their temples crown,
In rosy wine their sorrow drown.
Begone, ambition, riches, toys,
And splendid cares, and guilty joys--
Give me a book, a friend, a glass,
And a chaste, laughter-loving lass.
