Indeed I am afraid (Book Of Songs)

24. 

I BEG of you Chung Tzu,

Do not climb into our homestead,

Do not break the willows we have planted.

Not that I mind about the willows,

But I am afraid of my father and mother.

Chung Tzu I dearly love;

But what of what my father and mother say

Indeed I am afraid.

I beg of you Chung Tzu,

Do not climb over our wall,

Do not break the mulberry trees we have

      planted.

Not that I mind about the mulberry-trees,

But I am afraid of my brothers.

Chung-Tzu I dearly love;

But what of what my brothers say

Indeed I am afraid.

 

I beg of you Chung-Tzu,

Do not climb into our garden,

Do not break the hard-wood we have 

     planted.

Not that I mind about the hard-wood,

But I am afraid of what people will say.

Chung-Tzu I dearly love;

But of all that people will say

Indeed I am afraid.

Kevin Ayers -- When Your Parents Go To Sleep (Link)

The Minor Arts

Living a moral and ethical life (or trying to) is most appropriately grouped among what are called the "minor arts."

 

*  Rare Gilt Bronze Table by Tiffany Studios New York. 

**  Terracotta figurine of a pig, Greek, provenance unknown, date unknown, donor unknown, Bryn Mawr College Art and Archaeology Collection.

*** Cartoon (Empatheen) by Peter Blegvad.