pap-and-daisy

Updated: May 17, 2025

He is rather untidy in his waistcoat, and neck-ties, and hair. 'How vexing!... it must be to himself, poor thing. 'He's a thorough bookworm despises the pap-and-daisy school of verse knows Shakespeare to the very dregs of the foot-notes. Indeed, he's a poet himself in a small way. 'How delicious! she said. 'I have never known a poet. 'And you don't know him, said Owen dryly. She reddened.

Thomas Hardy - Desperate Remedies