Last weeks trip to the water park was soothing to my soul. I am seriously thinking of installing another small pool in my yard...among the confederate jasmine, hydrangea and azaleas. I have a fig that should produce fruit this year...
Posted on 05/25/2005 5:16:48 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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threnody \THREN-uh-dee\ noun
a song of lamentation for the dead; elegy
Example sentence:
In the opera's final scene, the leading lady sings a threnody to mourn the murdered king.
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"Threnody" encompasses all genres. There are great threnodies in prose (such as the lines from Charles Dickens' _Bleak House_ upon the death of Little Jo: "Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead..."), in poetry (as in W.H. Auden's "Funeral Blues": "The stars are not wanted now: put out every one, / Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun..."), and in music (Giovanni Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater," for one). "Threnody," which we borrowed from the Greek word "threnoidia" (from "threnos," the word for "dirge"), has survived in English since the early 1600s. "Melody" and "tragedy" are related to "threnody" through the Greek root that forms their ending -- "aeidein," which means "to sing." By the same token, "comedy" is related as well.
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I used to make sleep pant for my kids every Christmas. Something cheap but personal. This year with one thing and another, I skipped it. My kids let me know--I am expected to make pants-- not only for them, but for spouses and progeny as well.
How's this for mixed signals, groans for my taste( Yoda- Mountain Dew, monkeys and dice) while demanding more of the same...
do they have footies, too? ;)
Where is Bobby's perv woods, Laura? Did you come back OK?
that's good. no need to pout then.
Gabz, I hope you feel better.
they sound exceptionally cool, i want some too!
That goes along with the armed robber on "Dumbest Criminals". He had a disguise on, but wore a jacket that said "Duane" and the apartment complex where he worked.
Trollin'...trollin'...trollin' down the river...(joking)
Last weeks trip to the water park was soothing to my soul. I am seriously thinking of installing another small pool in my yard...among the confederate jasmine, hydrangea and azaleas. I have a fig that should produce fruit this year...
I hope you feel better, too, gw. Are you sure that you don't also have an inner ear infection? That can throw your balance off to the point of nausea and a stooper walk. My dad was also a commercial pilot, and after he retired he had a terrible inner ear infection, but, as you said as one yourself, was able to overcome many of the miscues of it because of his expertise. Feel better.
OOOH, personalized sleep pants for xsmommy. Let me give this some thought...
cool music. I would consider a pool, if I lived in FL
Bwahahahahahahahahhahahahha!
flaps in strategic places. LOL.
chaps?
'jamas are not to sleep in, they are to walk around the house in, silly!
POPE PANTS?? LOL!!
i do adore that pic of JP2, seriously!
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