sharpened

was so sleepy that he couldn’t keep his eyes open any

longer. Then he took two little sticks and sharpened

them at the ends and propped open his eyelids, where-

So blessed the bed, such fruitfulness conveyed,

That ere ten moons had sharpened either horn,

To crown their bliss, a lovely boy was born;

(For I foretell that millenary year)

The sharpened share shall vex the soil no more,

But earth unbidden shall produce her store;

This represented an improvement on.

For all I knew it may have sharpened spears

And arrowheads itself. Much use for years

And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping,

With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power,

To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping,

And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping,

With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power,

To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping,

And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping,

With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power,

To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping,

Murmurs aloud may turn to silent threats

Of some well-sharpened dagger; for your Duke

Has to his heir a pious cousin, who deems