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Thread #9608   Message #777700
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
05-Sep-02 - 04:58 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ballad of Glencoe / Massacre of Glencoe
Subject: RE: Ballad of Glencoe / Massacre of Glencoe
Joe, a stray S at the beginning of verse 8.
"Loured" is preferable to "lowered" in the first line. The pronunciation becomes clear, and if you check the Oxford Dictionary, it is given preference to lowered for that meaning.
Odd that there isn't a better poem. "Awakened ten thousand brave heroes below? My, my, my!