The natural rhythm of the male is a phallic one of rise and fall, whether it involves towers, stock markets, or whole civilizations.

[Aaron’s Breastplate] was a decoration, from the costliness of its nature; a periapt, for it was suspended round his neck by golden chains; a talisman, for it ensured the divine protection to the tribes whose names were thereon engraven.

Pleas'd with the guilt, yet envy-stung at heart To stand outmaster'd in his own black art!

There were reports of a giraffe that escaped from the zoo, on the loose in New York.