[New post] Spidery

Dave Bonta posted: "(Lord's day). Lay long talking with pleasure with my wife, and so up and to the Office with Tom, who looks mighty smug upon his marriage, as Jane also do, both of whom I did give joy, and so Tom and I at work at the Office all the morning, till dinner, an" New post on Via Negativa Spidery by Dave Bonta (Lord's day). Lay long talking with pleasure with my wife, and so up and to the Office with Tom, who looks mighty smug upon his marriage, as Jane also do, both of whom I did give joy, and so Tom and I at work at the Office all the morning, till dinner, and then dined, W. Batelier with us; and so after dinner to work again, and sent for Gibson, and kept him also till eight at night, doing much business. And so, that being done, and my journal writ, my eyes being very bad, and every day worse and worse, I fear: but I find it most certain that stronge drinks do make my eyes sore, as they have done heretofore always; for, when I was in the country, when my eyes were at the best, their stronge beere would make my eyes sore. So home to supper, and by and by to bed. who looks at the morning with eight eyes every day a worse fear to make up Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 28 March 1669. Dave Bonta | April 7, 2022 at 9:14 am | Categories: Pepys Diary erasure project, Poems & poem-like things | URL: https://www.vianegativa.us/?p=58480 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Via Negativa. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://www.vianegativa.us/2022/04/spidery/