SC - Request for inspiration
david friedman
ddfr at best.com
Thu Feb 3 14:11:28 PST 2000
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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