I Cannot Hide What I Am
I must be sad when I have cause and smile
at no man's jests, eat when I have stomach and wait
for no man's leisure, sleep when I am drowsy and
tend on no man's business, laugh when I am merry and
claw no man in his humour...
I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in
his grace, and it better fits my blood to be
disdained of all than to fashion a carriage to rob
love from any: in this, though I cannot be said to
be a flattering honest man, it must not be denied
but I am a plain-dealing villain. I am trusted with
a muzzle and enfranchised with a clog; therefore I
have decreed not to sing in my cage. If I had my
mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do
my liking: in the meantime let me be that I am and
seek not to alter me.
at no man's jests, eat when I have stomach and wait
for no man's leisure, sleep when I am drowsy and
tend on no man's business, laugh when I am merry and
claw no man in his humour...
I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in
his grace, and it better fits my blood to be
disdained of all than to fashion a carriage to rob
love from any: in this, though I cannot be said to
be a flattering honest man, it must not be denied
but I am a plain-dealing villain. I am trusted with
a muzzle and enfranchised with a clog; therefore I
have decreed not to sing in my cage. If I had my
mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do
my liking: in the meantime let me be that I am and
seek not to alter me.
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Date: 7/31/04 03:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 7/31/04 03:08 pm (UTC)*stops being a dictionary of fic terms now and goes to work*
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Date: 7/31/04 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 7/31/04 03:40 pm (UTC)j/k!
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Date: 7/31/04 04:40 pm (UTC)And not to be confused with uncon, which is an unconventional pairing. *happily slashes Siler/Martin Wood*
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Date: 7/31/04 04:45 pm (UTC)I think I missed the kerfuffle...And I hate missing kerfuffles... :(
I'm about 40% done with my J/D fic. Will you beta when it's done, please?
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Date: 7/31/04 05:36 pm (UTC)Er, I dunno. How long is it, and will make me go into a diabetic coma?
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Date: 7/31/04 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
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