SC - Request for inspiration

[david friedman]

At 12:37 AM -0600 1/31/00, Stefan li Rous wrote:
>David/Cariadoc said:
>  > The mountain sheep were sweeter
>  > But the valley sheep were fatter;
>  > We therefore deemed it meeter
>  > To carry off the latter.
>  >
>  > We made an expedition,
>  > We ....
>  >
>  > War Song of Dinas Vawr
>
>Pray tell, is this a translation of a period piece? If so, perhaps this
>would make a good bardic piece. Where might I find this?

It is not, so far as I know, a period piece. I believe the author is 
Thomas Love Peacock, although I won't swear to that, and I think it 
was written in the 19th c.

It does, however, make a good bardic piece. Think of it as an SCA 
poem about period, written a little early.

David Friedman
Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
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