Careful Words

hut (n.)

hut (v.)

hut (adj.)

He made him a hut, wherein he did put

The carcass of Robinson Crusoe.

O poor Robinson Crusoe!

Samuel Foote (1720-1777): The Mayor of Garratt. Act i. Sc. 1.

Love in a hut, with water and a crust,

Is—Love, forgive us!—cinders, ashes, dust.

John Keats (1795-1821): Lamia. Part ii.

If solid happiness we prize,

Within our breast this jewel lies,

And they are fools who roam.

The world has nothing to bestow;

From our own selves our joys must flow,

And that dear hut, our home.

Nathaniel Cotton (1707-1788): The Fireside. Stanza 3.