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symestreem · 05-28-2004, 03:10 PM

Wow. This is impressive!

Mad Baggins · 05-28-2004, 03:35 PM

Rather interesting that you chose President as the opposite of King. Shouldn't it be pauper?

Kransha · 05-28-2004, 04:34 PM

If I might try my hand, with a personal favorite. Let me see if I get the gist of this...

The Ents' Marching Song

We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda rom!
We come, we come with horn and drum: ta-runa runa runa rom!
To Isengard! Though Isengard be ringed and barred with doors of stone;
Though Isengard be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone,
We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door;
For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars - we go to war!
To land of gloom with tramp of doom, with roll of drum, we come, we come;
To Isengard with doom we come!
With doom we come, with doom we come!

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They go, they go, without pluck of the bow, at-under under under tom!
They go, they go, without piano or bow, at-under under under tom!
From Edoras, o'er Edoras be not straight and open with roofs of glass;
O'er Edoras be not weak nor soft, not hot as flame or lush as grass,
They come, they come, they come from peace, to spread the flame and build the roof;
And root and weed weren't wat'ring then, the chimney whines - they come aloof!
From sea of light with prow e'er bright, with pluck of the bow, , they go, they go;
From Edoras with right they go!
With light they go, with light they go!

HerenIstarion · 05-29-2004, 02:04 AM

Goodly re-Verse, that, my compliments

But I wonder would Lay of Leithian prove bite too big to chew?..

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 05-29-2004, 06:40 AM

This seems more entertaining than educational, so I'm moving it to Mirth.

HerenIstarion · 05-30-2004, 01:40 AM

Move it to Mirth re: Justly so, I suppose I should have placed it here in the first place

Pauper/King re: President as elected, and more or less controlled spearhead of establishment, seen as the representation of "rule of all" seemed ideal opposite to king, as obtaining his power by birthright, still more with the latter being absolute wielder of one for a lifetime, and allegedly having it delegated in a divine convergence

Mad Baggins · 05-30-2004, 10:27 AM

Ah, thanks for clearing that up.

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05-28-2004, 03:35 PM	#2
Mad Baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A place where after thunder golden showers come falling like a rain of flowers. Posts: 371	Rather interesting that you chose President as the opposite of King. Shouldn't it be pauper? __________________ I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.

05-28-2004, 04:34 PM	#3
Kransha Ubiquitous Urulóki Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The port of Mars, where Famine, Sword, and Fire, leash'd in like hounds, crouch for employment Posts: 747	If I might try my hand, with a personal favorite. Let me see if I get the gist of this... The Ents' Marching Song We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda rom! We come, we come with horn and drum: ta-runa runa runa rom! To Isengard! Though Isengard be ringed and barred with doors of stone; Though Isengard be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone, We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door; For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars - we go to war! To land of gloom with tramp of doom, with roll of drum, we come, we come; To Isengard with doom we come! With doom we come, with doom we come! ***************************************** They go, they go, without pluck of the bow, at-under under under tom! They go, they go, without piano or bow, at-under under under tom! From Edoras, o'er Edoras be not straight and open with roofs of glass; O'er Edoras be not weak nor soft, not hot as flame or lush as grass, They come, they come, they come from peace, to spread the flame and build the roof; And root and weed weren't wat'ring then, the chimney whines - they come aloof! From sea of light with prow e'er bright, with pluck of the bow, , they go, they go; From Edoras with right they go! With light they go, with light they go! __________________ "What mortal feels not awe/Nor trembles at our name, Hearing our fate-appointed power sublime/Fixed by the eternal law. For old our office, and our fame," -Aeschylus, Song of the Furies

05-29-2004, 02:04 AM	#4
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Goodly re-Verse, that, my compliments But I wonder would Lay of Leithian prove bite too big to chew?.. __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by HerenIstarion; 06-26-2004 at 03:29 PM.

05-29-2004, 06:40 AM	#5
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	This seems more entertaining than educational, so I'm moving it to Mirth. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

05-28-2004, 03:10 PM	#1
symestreem Face in the Water Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 728	Wow. This is impressive!

05-30-2004, 01:40 AM	#6
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	Move it to Mirth re: Justly so, I suppose I should have placed it here in the first place Pauper/King re: President as elected, and more or less controlled spearhead of establishment, seen as the representation of "rule of all" seemed ideal opposite to king, as obtaining his power by birthright, still more with the latter being absolute wielder of one for a lifetime, and allegedly having it delegated in a divine convergence __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

05-30-2004, 10:27 AM	#7
Mad Baggins Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: A place where after thunder golden showers come falling like a rain of flowers. Posts: 371	Ah, thanks for clearing that up. __________________ I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.