“The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,-- In sooth a goodly company; And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee. Never, I ween, Was a prouder seen, Read of in books or dreamt of in dreams, Than the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims.” BookDreamCompanyLordDegreesKneesSatGreat MenChairsMonkKnightsBishopsCardinalsPrimatesFriarsSquires Author:Richard Harris Barham
“My chair was nearest to the fire In every company That talked of love or politics, Ere Time transfigured me.” TimeCompanyFireChairsTriviality Book:The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition Source: The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition