N59 : Fifty-ninth lesson S00-TITLE : Best Words in the Best Order S01 : ("The Sun Rising", by John Donne) - Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus, S02 : Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? S03 : Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? S04 : Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime, Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time. S05 : Thy beams so reverend, and strong Why shouldst thou think? S06 : I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink, But that I would not lose her sight so long. If her eyes have not blinded thine, S07 : Look, and to-morrow late tell me, Whether both th' Indias of spice and mine Be where thou left'st them, or lie here with me. S08 : Ask for those kings whom thou saw'st yesterday, And thou shalt hear, "All here in one bed lay." S09 : She's all states, and all princes I; Nothing else is; S10 : Princes do but play us; compared to this, S11 : All honour's mimic, all wealth alchemy. S12 : Thou, Sun, art half as happy as we, In that the world's contracted thus; S13 : Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be To warm the world, that's done in warming us. S14 : Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere; This bed thy centre is, these walls thy sphere. S15 : ("Comeclose and Sleepnow", by Roger McGough) - comeclose and sleepnow S16 : it is afterwards / and you talk on tiptoe S17 : happy to be part / of the darkness S18 : lips becoming limp / a prelude to tiredness. S19 : Comeclose and Sleepnow / for in the morning S20 : when a policeman disguised as the sun / creeps into the room S21 : and your mother / disguised as birds / calls from the trees S22 : you will put on a dress of guilt / and shoes with broken high ideals S23 : and refusing coffee / run / alltheway / home T00-TRANSLATE : Exercise: Translate T01 : Airlines have started to fine unruly passengers. T02 : Hundreds of thousands of Britons have left the country in search of a warmer climate. T03 : She lost her sight at a tragically early age. T04 : I doubt we'll win: we can but hope. T05 : At your age you really ought to take it easy.