I wonder if the quote is a partial reminiscence of Shelley, Roger, the quote
seemingly slightly antiseptic in a near contemporary idiom way.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Collett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: ghost quote
> Dave,
>
> Nearest I can find is Percy Bysse
>
> O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, / Thou, from whose unseen
> presence the leaves dead / Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter
> fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, /
Pestilence-stricken
> multitudes: O thou, / Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The wingèd
> seeds, where they lie cold and low,/ Each like a corpse within its grave,
> until / Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow Her clarion o'er the
> dreaming earth.
> Ode to the West Wind
>
> Roger.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 4:14 PM
> Subject: ghost quote
>
>
> > Some friends of mine are racking wits over the source of the following
> > quote: "and ghosts shall drive you on..."
> >
> > My memory resembling the place where all odd socks disappear today I
> > wondered if anyone could oblige.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> > David Bircumshaw
> >
> > Leicester, England
> >
> > A Chide's Alphabet
> > www.chidesplay.8m.com
> >
> > Painting Without Numbers
> > www.paintstuff.20m.com/default.htm
> > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/default.htm
> >
>
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