Nahum bobbed again. 'My crest is cropped by croaking cranes. I go to drown in doleful dumps, dead-drunk with drearihead.

John Bellairs
Nahum bobbed again. 'My crest is cropped by croaking cranes....
Nahum bobbed again. 'My crest is cropped by croaking cranes....
Nahum bobbed again. 'My crest is cropped by croaking cranes....
Nahum bobbed again. 'My crest is cropped by croaking cranes....
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Bible: Nahum 3:6-8 Nahum is mentioning the aftermath of the destruction of Nineveh, and he talks about how the Assyrians have become so depraved that they go to drink and drown in the dregs of their own wine. They go to be drunk and fall down and vomit and die.

Source: The Face In The Frost

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