Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes on 29 November 2002 at 18:31:02 -0500 > On 29 Nov 2002, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > [...] > > #> The Jhereg got his revenge > #> The Tiassa his reward > #> And the Dragon was dissolved in swirling Chaos > #> When he tried to take the Orb > #> > #> Now, nobody's seen the Jhereg > #> The Tiassa can still draw blood > #> And the Dragon's ghost haunts the Lesser Sea of Chaos > #> Where Dragaera City once stood > # > #That's very nice indeed. A couple of lines need to be force-fit for > #emphasis, but at least they're *consistent* about it. > > Thank you. I figured I had good precedent for the force-fitting in the > original: > > And the Devil got his claw on the little taiLOR > With the broadcloth under his arm Stock-pot, in the version I know. > and > And the little taiLOR goes skipping through Hell > With the broadcloth under his arm And "still skips through". But neither of those affects the issue we're talking about anyway. The wonders of the process at work! -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info