[Toidylop]

Someone on this board said,

"I despised Clinton then,

I despise Clinton now,

When the scum is gone, I'll despise upon his soul"

[Congressman Billybob]

The more powerful, and corect form of the "despise" statement put up by a FReeper whose name I don't recall, is this: (And this is word for word, because a well-turned phrase commits itself to memory very easily....)

I despised him then.
I despise him now.
I will despise him until he dies.
And them, I will despise his memory.

The original version rises above the level of mere prose, to the level of poetry, because of the rhythm of the language.