fellow? Yes, why should
Jemmy Legs
,
to borrow the Dansker's expression, be
down on the good-natured Handsome
Sailor?
But, at heart and not for nothing, as
the late chance encounter may indicate to the discern discerning ,
down on him, secretly down on him , he
assuredly was.
Now to invent something
in as to touching the more private career of Claggart,
something involving Billy Budd, involving the
youthful sailor, Billy Budd foretopman some romantic
incident of which something he the latter himself
should be wholly ignorant, some
romantic incident implying
to borrow the Dansker's expression, be
down on the good-natured Handsome
Sailor?
But, at heart and not for nothing, as
the late chance encounter may indicate to the discern discerning ,
down on him, secretly down on him , he
assuredly was.
Now to invent something
in as to touching the more private career of Claggart,
something involving Billy Budd, involving the
youthful sailor, Billy Budd foretopman some romantic
incident of which something he the latter himself
should be wholly ignorant, some
romantic incident implying
fellow? Yes, why should
Jemmy Legs
,
to borrow the Dansker's expression, be
down on the good-natured Handsome
Sailor?
But, at heart and not for nothing, as
the late chance encounter may indicate to the discern discerning ,
down on him, secretly down on him , he
assuredly was.
Now to invent something
in as to touching the more private career of Claggart,
something involving Billy Budd, involving the
youthful sailor, Billy Budd foretopman some romantic
incident of which something he the latter himself
should be wholly ignorant, some
romantic incident implying
to borrow the Dansker's expression, be
down on the good-natured Handsome
Sailor?
But, at heart and not for nothing, as
the late chance encounter may indicate to the discern discerning ,
down on him, secretly down on him , he
assuredly was.
Now to invent something
in as to touching the more private career of Claggart,
something involving Billy Budd, involving the
youthful sailor, Billy Budd foretopman some romantic
incident of which something he the latter himself
should be wholly ignorant, some
romantic incident implying
Transcribed by: John Bryant