File spoon-archives/phillitcrit.archive/phillitcrit_1997/phillitcrit.9707, message 168


Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 23:50:56 +0200
Subject: Re: PLC: Mot du jour
From: Joerg.Gruel-AT-t-online.de (Joerg T. Gruel)


George Trail wrote:
...
> Come away, away children;
> Come children, come down!
> The hoarse wind blows coldly;
> Lights shine in the town.
> She will start from her slumber
> When gusts shake the door;
> She will hear the winds howling,
> Will hear the waves roar.
> We shall see, while above us
> The waves roar and whirl,
> A ceiling of amber,
> A pavement of pearl.
> Singing: "Here came a mortal,
> But faithless was she!
> And alone dwell forever
> The kings of the sea."

Yes; reminds me of Fouqué's 'Undine'. Nature & Civilisation. And the
mortals' lack of chracter. Theseus; Jason; Tannhaeuser.

Now while the Fisherman may meet, on halfway down, the Kraken floating
up to the surface, wouldn't it be time for a change? Next to the abyss,
there's 'Foresaken', a very beautiful word, which might last quite a
while as 'mot du jour'. Any suggestions?

Joerg


   

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