Sextet no. 48 (36 lines quarrtet) Upper class escapade. Luke Hsieh Render me a place to retreat, An operetta with a good seat, Or some kind of comic ballad, On love, romance and other escapade, Give me a good book to study, On gods, goddesses, and true beauty, Rhetoric and high culture too, Eastern arts with a few bamboo, Any of the above will do, If we are to revise the beauty true, 'Tis not too difficult to find, Drugs that will please my heart and make me blind, They work better than heroin, And surpass lower class drug trade, At least they have better sounding, And last longer before finally fade, So how many people dies. Wars and diplomatic ties, They are all far, far away, Like the tale before me play, Beauty is quite far away too, Tho everywhere verses do construe, It and set them well aside, For false laughter, tears and pride, All in an operetta, Fair Helen in Arcadia, Where I will see beauty again, Without stress and without pain, Peasant lady gallant knight, Gypsy Baron queen of night, Play you one and other I, Fairy tales make cheers not sigh, A cultured gentleman indeed, Crisis resolved and cursed freed, A mere upper class escapade, That brings my heart out of shade
- Luke Hsieh