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<DIV>On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 09:30:27 -0700 Samuel E Orton <<A
href="mailto:iainmacc@juno.com">iainmacc@juno.com</A>> writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>On 17 Sep 2003 02:38:26 -0500 Ulf Gunnarsson <<A
href="mailto:ulfie@cox.net">ulfie@cox.net</A>> writes:<BR>> <BR>> For
bardic exercise #3, write four lines of iambic pentameter. The<BR>>
subject should be an "unattainable", such as your Queen, a knight, <BR>> or
a<BR>> church figure. It should be expressed in terms of courtly
love. <BR></DIV>
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<DIV> Her beauty, such as I have
never seen,</DIV>
<DIV> Her wisdom, such as I have
never heard.</DIV>
<DIV> There only is one word: She is
my Queen.</DIV>
<DIV> I'll always live and die upon
her word.</DIV>
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<DIV> Even as I wrote
this, I disliked the recurrence of "word" that close together. So I decided to
rewrite the third line:</DIV>
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<DIV> Her beauty, such as I have
never seen,</DIV>
<DIV> Her wisdom, such as I have
never heard.</DIV>
<DIV> I've said it many times:
She is my Queen.</DIV>
<DIV> I'll always live and die upon
her word.</DIV>
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In Joyful Service,</DIV>
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Iain MacCrimmon</DIV>
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