I stood away off watching in the sunshine, and I shivered.
And after a while I looked, and I saw the curtain that hung behind the house moving.
And it seemed to me that against the curtain I saw pressed the forms of men and women. And after a while, the feasters saw it move, and they whispered one to another. Then some rose and gathered the most worn-out cups, and into them they put what was left at the bottom of other vessels. Mothers whispered to their children, "Do not drink all, save a little drop when you have drunk." And when they had collected all the dregs they slipped the cups out under the bottom of the curtain without lifting it. After a while the curtain left off moving.
He said, "They have gone away to drink it."
God said, "It comes from this side of the curtain, and they are very thirsty."
Men and women sat at the tables quaffing great bowls. Some rose, and threw their arms about each other and danced and sang. They pledged each other in the wine, and kissed each other's blood-red lips.
Men drank till they could drink no longer, and laid their heads upon the table, sleeping heavily. Women who could dance no more leaned back on the benches with their heads against their lovers' shoulders. Little children, sick with wine, lay down upon the edge of their mothers' robes.
I said, "I cannot see more, I am afraid of Hell. When I see men dancing I hear the time beaten in with sobs; and their wine is living! Oh, I cannot bear Hell!"
I said, "To the earth from which I came; it was better there."
And God laughed at me; and I wondered why He laughed.
There are a number of words that are ordinarily followed by a preposition with its phrase. We make a great many mistakes in the use of the proper preposition with these words. Our spelling lesson this week covers a number of these words with examples illustrating the appropriate preposition to be used with each word. Learn to spell these words, look up their meaning in the dictionary and use each word with its proper preposition in sentences of your own construction.
+Abhorrence+, of; We have an abhorrence _of_ war. +Abhorrent+, to; War is abhorrent _to_ us. +Acquaint+, with; I will acquaint you _with_ the facts in the case. You will then be acquainted _with_ the facts. +Acquit+, of; The man was acquitted _of_ the charge. +Adequate+, to; Our resources are not adequate _to_ the demand.