Time of the rodent

Et qui rit des curés d'Oc?
De Meuse raines, houp! de cloques.
De quelles loques ce turque coin.
Et ne d'ânes ni rennes.
Écuries des curés d'Oc.

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Note: Oc (or Languedoc), ancient region of France, has its capital at Toulouse. Its monks and curates were, it seems, a singularly humble and holy group. This little poem is a graceful tribute to their virtues.

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The old egg.