July 29, 2007

Pearl Divers

Are there not... Two points in the adventure of the diver: One -- when a beggar, he prepares to plunge? Two -- when a prince, he rises with his pearl? I plunge!
-- Robert Browning

2 comments:

  1. Around here, "pearl divers" are the guys who wash dishes in greasy spoons.

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  2. I got to thinking that sometimes I too have plunged, but right over the edge of a cliff.

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