Habergeon Quotes

... as last night I lay in bed, There came before my eyes that wonted thread Of shapes, and shadows, and remembrances, That every other minute vex and please: Things all disjointed come from north and south, - Two witch's eyes above a cherub's mouth, Voltaire with casque and shield and habergeon, And Alexander with his nightcap on; Old Socrates a-tying his cravat, And Hazlitt playing with Miss Edgeworth's cat; And Junius Brutus, pretty well so-so, Making the best of's way towards Soho. Few are there who escape these visitings- Perhaps one or two whose lives have patent wings, And through whose curtains peeps no hellish nose, No wild-boar tushes, and no mermaid's toes; But flowers bursting out with lusty pride, And young Æolian harps personified; Some Titian colours touch'd into real life, - The sacrifice goes on;.. (John Keats)