I will not be pushed, filed, indexed...

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Feb 18 18:49:57 PST 2002


"Peter J. Schledorn" wrote:
>
> . . .causing gasps of awe to fly
> from the open mouths of five or six lingering mourners, until a big
> shovelful of dirt landed on it and it died.

This is what is called the Art of Sinking; cf. one of Pope's examples:

And thou Dalhousie, the Great God of War, Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Mar.

Carrol



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