Dr. Thomas Gerdes

Asides

Brief thoughts and miscellaneous content.

  • John Taylor: “The Days of the Week”

    You know that Munday is Sundayes brother;
    Tuesday is such another;
    Wednesday you must go to Church and pray;
    Thursday is half-holiday;
    On Friday it is too late to begin to spin;
    The Saturday is half-holiday again.

    John Taylor: Divers crabtree lectures (1639).

    John Taylor (* 24. August 1578 in Gloucester, England; † im Dezember 1653 in London) war ein englischer Dichter. Er nannte sich selbst ‘The Water Poet’. Mehr zu Taylor und sei­nem Werk fin­den Sie hier.