Like many of us, I suspect, I learned this at school; so I thought I already knew it well by the time it became a placard on the new Cardiff Bay development.
But I didn't know that 'ivory, apes and peacocks' was a direct quotation from the King James Bible (1 Kings 10:22); I suspect contemporary readers would have spotted that.
Lovely reading - thank you!
stuartpetrovich 2 weeks ago
My favourite poet!
HilaryHughes 9 months ago
excellent - who's the reader?
mickashworth 1 year ago
Like many of us, I suspect, I learned this at school; so I thought I already knew it well by the time it became a placard on the new Cardiff Bay development.
But I didn't know that 'ivory, apes and peacocks' was a direct quotation from the King James Bible (1 Kings 10:22); I suspect contemporary readers would have spotted that.
thallassocracy 1 year ago