Historical Examples. 1  He was exiled at the age of 30 to Tomi, a town south of the delta of the Danube. The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens Henry Bore. 2  The oval between the river and the hills to the East is known as the delta.. The Negro Farmer Carl Kelsey. 3  The delta records a benefit given him at the theatre in 1854.
Slip Slidin%27 Away by Paul Simon Songfacts.  1 The nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away.. Paul Simon gave us this koan in this story about three different people who retreat from their passions when confronted with the vagaries of life.
When any ills of the world would be swept away when reaching for your LP of your favorite music was all that was needed to, well, drift away. The song was covered hundreds of times these past 40 years, most famously and recently in a passionless 2003 recording by Uncle Kracker.