#samuel johnson thought granville's non-dramatic poetry was slavishly imitative of edmund waller

[mynameisquoi]

we'll end this rotation with one last farewell to patience.

part of the reason why i was sad about her death was that i actually was planning on her having kids! she was supposed to be the long-suffering sister whose patience (get it?) finally paid off right before tipping into elderhood. oh well, here's to the best laid plans of mice and men (and me).

as my favorite deceased english poet/playwright/secretary at war george granville 1st baron lansdowne once said:

patience is the virtue of a beast that trots beneath his burden and is quiet