Nice job, Aldo! Very clever. I love Robert Herrick and enjoyed it tremendously. Since we're waxing poetical here----
The Lie (a truncated version based on Sir Walter Raleighs The Lie)
Go, rider, the cycles guest Upon a thankless errand; Fear not Paris to Brest; The clock shall be thy warrant; Go, since I needs must fly, And give the cycling world the lie.
Say to the UCI it glows And shines like rotten wood; Say to le Tour it shows Whats good, and doth no good; If UCI and Tour reply, Then give them both the lie.
Tell pro riders, they live Acting, by sponsors actions; Not loving unless purses give; Not strong, but avoiding detection: If pro riders doth reply, Give pro riders the lie.
Tell men of high condition, That winneth every race, Their purpose is ambition; Their peddling utmost base: And if they should reply, Then give them all the lie.
Tell them that winneth most, The rules are not for bending, Who in no doping boast Like nothing but pretending: And if they make reply, Then give them all the lie.
Tell Floyd how much he wrangles In fickle points of wiseness; Tell Tyler he entangles Himself in over-niceness; And when they do reply, Straight give them both the lie.
Tell zeal it wants devotion; Tell glory it is but lust; Tell time tis shaved by a potion; Tell legs they are unjust; And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie.
So when thou hast, as I Commanded thee, done blabbing; Because to give the lie Deserves no less than stabbing: Stab at thee, pro cycling, as is your hope, Your stab is weak, unless you be on dope!
Cheers,
Peter Jourdain
Whitewater, Wisconsin US of A
> To the Cyclists, to Make Much of Time
>
>
> GATHER ye road miles while ye may,
> Old time is still a-flying;
> And the same silk tire with miles left today
> Tomorrow will be rot-drying.
>
> The glorious headlamp of heaven the sun,
> The higher he's a-getting,
> The sooner will his Tour be done,
> And nearer he's to setting.
>
> That age is best which is the first,
> When gum hoods and brake pads are newer;
> But being spent, the worse, and worst
> Time consumes them, and they're fewer.
>
> Then be not still, but use your time,
> And, while ye may, go riding
> For, having lost but once your prime,
> You may your time be biding
>
>
> (based on Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make
> Much of
> Time")
>
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio, USA
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