The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #44604 Message #3812148
Posted By: BobL
01-Oct-16 - 03:46 AM
Thread Name: Lines that really grab you
Subject: RE: Lines that really grab you
Not a folk song, but in J. M. Neale's translation of a Latin Easter hymn, the alliteration in the line "Ill doth it seem that thy limbs should linger in lowly dishonour" has always had a special appeal to me.