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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009Blake: Holy Thursday
Hello: "Or like harmonious thunderings the seats of heaven among:" seems to me to mean: "Or like harmonious thunderings among the seats of heaven" Still, seems a rare permutation. --------- Now like a mighty wind they raise to heaven the voice of song, Or like harmonious thunderings the seats of heaven among: Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor. Then cherish pity, lest you drive and angel from your door. Holy Thursday by William Blake, p. 61 ---------  SignatureThanks. Marius Hancu >Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Still, seems a rare permutation. It's a desperate attempt to get "among" to the end of the line to match "song" at the end of the previous line. If pronounced suitably, "among" and "song" can be made to rhyme. >--------- >Now like a mighty wind they raise to heaven the voice of song, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >by William Blake, p. 61 >--------- SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) On May 18, 7:08 am, "Peter Duncanson (BrE)" <m...@peterduncanson.net> wrote: > >"Or like harmonious thunderings the seats of heaven among:" > >seems to me to mean: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > "song" at the end of the previous line. If pronounced suitably, "among" > and "song" can be made to rhyme. That's what I thought. Thanks. Marius Hancu Marius Hancu set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > by William Blake, p. 61 > --------- Many examples of postpositions can be found among such verse. The Scottish Metrical Psalter a great propensity shows, the words to reorder the metre to fit, most familiarly: The Lord's my shepherd: I'll not want., He makes me down to lie. In pastures green, he leadeth me The quiet waters by. They say you shouldn't use a preposition to end a sentence with. But what about ending a sentence a postposition using? Is this really legit grammar at all? Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply > Marius Hancu set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time > continuum: [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > about ending a sentence a postposition using? Is this really legit grammar > at all? They also say (or they ought to if they don't) that you shouldn't a full stop in the middle of a sentence plonk. All mangled the meaning is, that punctuation by. </Yoda> The Lord's my shepherd I'll not want He makes me down to lie in pastures green He leadeth me the quiet waters by Take it back to God's native language: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. Hmm, perhaps it should be: - He makes me down to lie pastures green in SignatureDavid > > Marius Hancu set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time > > continuum: [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > - Show quoted text - "He maketh me green pastures to lie down in" where the first five words are a poetic expression of the universal transformation of energy. > Marius Hancu set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time > continuum: [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > about ending a sentence a postposition using? Is this really legit grammar > at all? I'd say it's legitimate in poetry: poets don't have to obey all the usual rules. Signatureathel > Many examples of postpositions can be found among such verse. The > Scottish Metrical Psalter a great propensity shows, the words to [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > what about ending a sentence a postposition using? Is this really > legit grammar at all? Dunno, but if you can understand it, it gives you a bit of a head start in learning German. Perhaps it is a survival in verse of the word orders permitted in older, more Germanic, English. SignatureRegards John for mail: my initials plus a u e at tpg dot com dot au |
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