Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).

He captured Harper’s Ferry, with his nineteen men so few, And frightened Old Virginny till she trembled thru and thru; They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew, But his soul is marching on.

Unlasting passion, soon outworn conceit, Whereon I built, and on so dureless trust!

Since most adults do not share this director's unquenchable optimism, even his best movies tend to be an acquired taste.