O BLUSH not so! O blush not so!
Or I shall think you knowing;
And if you smile the blushing while,
Then maidenheads are going.
There's a blush for want, and a blush for shan't,
And a blush for having done it;
There's a blush for thought, and a blush for nought,
And a blush for just begun it.
O sigh not so! O sigh not so!
For it sounds of Eve's sweet pippin;
By these loosen'd lips you have tasted the pips
And fought in an amorous nipping.
Will you play once more at nice-cut-core,
For it only will last our youth out,
And we have the prime of the kissing time,
We have not one sweet tooth out.
There's a sigh for aye, and a sigh for nay,
And a sigh for "I can't bear it!"
O what can be done, shall we stay or run?
O cut the sweet apple and share it!
- John Keats, "O Blush Not So!"
Juxtaposing Keats with the rapid fire prattling delivery of that wussy little nerd is --- well let's call it "unique," and be done with it. He almost-but-not-quite lisps, and thatsounds so limp-wristed.
ReplyDeleteHuman beings most probably blush for the same reason that cats purr -- meaning no one knows quite how or why in either case.
We assume people do it when they're embarrassed or excited. I've heard it said that cats purr when they're feeling contented. I've also heard it said that they purr to comfort themselves when they're afraid or feeling frustrated or annoyed.
I suspect our world will incinerate and turn to ash jast as soon as Science has finally uncovered and pigeonholed the last but of unknown knowledge.
Life without mystery would not be worth living.
Perfection is death.
*blushes*
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