Some Background Efforts:
“Jubal and Jabal”
King James Version, Genesis 4:19-21
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
“hay, sweet hay, which hath no fellow”
Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline, 1999
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 4, Scene 1
[The fairies have gathered as the scene begins]
Titania:
(to BOTTOM) Come, sit thee down upon this flowery bed
While I thy amiable cheeks do coy,
And stick musk roses in thy sleek, smooth head,
And kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy. . . .
[The scene continues]
Titania
Or say, sweet love, what thou desirest to eat.
Bottom
Truly, a peck of provender. I could munch your good dry oats. Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay. Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
Marianne Moore: Poetry 