Nostalgia is a thirst The Ottawa Journal, Saturday, July 3, 1955, page 9 . . (And when was the last time you said “laden”?)
The dream of being a pirate king, singing Oh, better far to live and die Under the brave black flag I fly Than play a sanctimonious part With a pirate head and a pirate heart!
Loom before dawn . “Fabrics,” Pancho said. “Commercial mostly. To the trade. Damasks, matelassés, shantungs, broadcloths, velours. Specialty silks. Done it for thirty years, a traveler in fabrics.” John Crowley, Four Freedoms, part 1, chapter 4 .