1.0Finding directionhttps://cottrillcompass.com/blogJimhttps://cottrillcompass.com/blog/author/administratorrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="v2jAXeAdUd"><a href="https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2012/the-english-lesson.html">The English Lesson</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2012/the-english-lesson.html/embed#?secret=v2jAXeAdUd" width="600" height="338" title="“The English Lesson” — Finding direction" data-secret="v2jAXeAdUd" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> This is apparently a very common poem, but I hadn’t heard it before.  I came across it in the very useful and entertaining book, Adventures in English by Melvin Bragg (which is so far very helpful for understanding why English is the way it is!).  I don’t know who the author of the poem is […]https://cottrillcompass.com/images/boxes.gif