Rubáiyát of a Motor Car
By Carolyn Wells
3 Jul, 2020
Brief Extract: Wake! For the “Honk,” that scatters into flight
The Hens before it in a Flapping Fright,
Drives straight up to your Door, and bids you Come
Out for a Morning Hour of Sheer Delight!
Come, fill the Tank, adjust
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Brief Extract: Wake! For the “Honk,” that scatters into flight
The Hens before it in a Flapping Fright,
Drives straight up to your Door, and bids you Come
Out for a Morning Hour of Sheer Delight!
Come, fill the Tank, adjust the Valve and Spring,
Your Automobile Garments 'round you Fling;
The Bird Of Time wants but to get away;
(I think that name’s a rather Clever Thing!)
And as the Corkscrew drawing out the Cork,
I crank my Car and try to make it work.
You know how little while we have to Ride;
And once departed, may go to New York.
Whether at Naishápúr or Babylon,
Whether the Car shall jerk or sweetly run,
The Wine of Life is in a Motor Trip,
(Though all the Parts keep breaking One by One!) Less