16. Eumaeus
Afbeelding: Eumaios (rechtsboven)(wikipedia)
Volgens Marilyn French behoren hoofdstuk 16 en 17 tot het universum, vanaf het begin van Emmaeus gaan we naar het verst mogelijke punt in de ruimte. "Wij bewegen ons verder en verder weg van de personages, totdat onze laatste blik op Bloom vanaf ons archimedische punt hem toont als een stipje in de ruimte" (citaat uit Het boek als wereld-Marilyn French, blz 266)
Afbeelding: Archimedean Point (harmonyangels.com)
The Low-back'd Car
When first I saw sweet Peggy,
'Twas on a market day;
A low-back'd car she drove, and sat
Upon a truss of hay;
But when that hay was blooming grass,
And deck'd with flowers of Spring,
No flow'r was there that could compare
With the blooming girl I sing.
As she sat in the low-back'd car,
The man at the turnpike bar
Never ask'd for the toll,
But just rubb'd his owld poll
And looked after the low-backed car.
In battle's wild commotion,
The proud and mighty Mars
With hostile scythes demands his tithes
Of death — in warlike cars;
While Peggy, peaceful goddess,
Has darts in her bright eye
That knock men down, in the market-town,
As right and left they fly;
While she sits in the low-back'd car,
Than battle more dangerous far —
For the doctor's art,
Cannot cure the heart
That is hit from that low-back'd car.
Sweet Peggy round her car, sir
Has strings of ducks and geese,
But the scores of hearts she slaughters
By far outnumber these;
While she among her poultry sits,
Just like a turtle-dove,
Well worth the cage, I do engage,
Of the blooming god of love;
While she sits in her low-back'd car,
The lovers come near and far,
And envy the chicken
That Peggy is pickin',
As she sits in her low-back'd car.
Oh, I'd rather own that car, sir,
With Peggy by my side,
Than a coach-and-four, and gold galore,
And a lady for my bride;
For the lady would sit forninst me,
On a cushion made with taste,
While Peggy would sit beside me,
With my arm around her waist,
While we drove in the low-back'd car
To be married by Father Maher;
Oh, my heart would beat high
At her glance and her sigh,
Though it beat in a low-back'd car
Tekst en muziek: Samuel Lover
(Peggy) Low Backed Car, with traditional Irish song lyrics in Ireland - Mike OLaughlin
Afbeelding: The Low-back'd Car muziekblad (levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu)
