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Thread #78750 Message #1419950
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
24-Feb-05 - 04:07 PM
Thread Name: Acceptable adjectives in folk songs
Subject: RE: Acceptable adjectives in folk songs
Steed: Swift, loyal,
(but you mount your beauteous lady on a gentle palfrey)
Hawk: Swift, loyal, sharp-eyed, deadly, fierce
Hounds: Swift, loyal, fierce?,
Ass, donkey: patient, perhaps weary
Priest, monk: wise, holy, maybe dedicated, aged, hoary-headed, learned,
Grave: lonely, lonesome, shallow, watery,
Sea, ocean: Wild, windswept, salty, lonesome, lowland, cruel, icy, wine-dark, deep-blue, crystal, foamy,
Ship, boat: Trusty, brave, heavy-laden, great, tiny, storm-racked, swift,
That's what I think of right now.
Dave Oesterreich