apologies to jon corelis for mis-reading. i still remember the Yeats
preface vividly, from first reading about 27-28 years ago, particularly the
evocation of Father Hopkins
bill griffiths writes:
"Has anyone counted the number of abstract nouns in David
Bircumshaw's posting of 13 Dec? Should we count twice for
abstract nouns with really potent I-am-pure/you-are-muck
connotations?"
so who's supposed to be the pure, who the muck?
as for we (who count?) what's that? an abstract pronoun?
david bircumshaw
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