The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #76556   Message #1359560
Posted By: GUEST
17-Dec-04 - 07:21 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Aberdour in Sir Patrick Spens
Subject: RE: Origins: Aberdour in Sir Patrick Spens
When I was at school in Paisley we often had to write Sir Patrick Spens as it was the longest poem in our poetry book. Our English teacher obviously had a sense of humour which we did not appreciate at the time as his other punishment was to write out Portias soliloquy from the Merchant of Venice:- The quality ofmercy is not strained.....
love Robbie