Muse of poetry, come to his aid, I thought. Could the man produce one …

Megan Whalen Turner
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Muse of poetry, come to his aid, I thought. Could the man produce one more metaphor of husbandry? He seemed to be trying. Green wood, I suggested, but even he sensed that there was something unfortunate about a metaphor for a king in which you dry out your royalty before you set fire to it. ✨ Megan Whalen Turner (2010). A Conspiracy of Kings, Greenwillow
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