Skólablaðið - 01.04.1960, Side 28

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THE TEMPERAMENTS
Nine ádulteries, 12 liaisons, 64 fornications and something
approaching a rape
Rest nightly upon the soul of our delicate friend Florialis,
And yet the man is so quiet and reserved in demeanour
That he passes for both bloodless and sexless.
Bastidides on the contrary, who both talks and writes of nothing
save copulation,
Has become the father of twins,
But he accomplished this feat at some cost;
He had to be four times cuckold.
THE TEA SHOP
The girl in the tea shop
Is not so beautiful as she was,
The August has worn against her.
She does not get up the stairs so eagerly;
Yes, she also will turn middle-aged,
And the glow of youth she spread about us
As she brought us our muffins
Will be spread about us no longer.
She also will turn middle-aged.