Originally posted by mercia
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Verging upon the cryptic, Mr M
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Quite soOriginally posted by mercia View Post
For we are working on the Sabbath, are we not?
part of time spent on Lysa Hora - Night on the Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky
5th movement dreams - fifth movement of the Symphonie Fantastique - Dreams of a witches' sabbath - Berlioz
a mermaid premieres Browning "Sabbath Morning at Sea" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning set by Elgar in 'Sea Pictures'
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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indeed we areOriginally posted by Caliban View Post
probably had Sabbath with those clues before, I forget
I wonder if a photo of Clara as the mermaid exists
T-T-Take it awayComment
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Oh yes - wasn't sure about the mermaid reference. What's that about?Originally posted by mercia View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Apparently so on googling it:Originally posted by mercia View Post
It astonishes me how much personal information people put online about their children.Pacta sunt servanda !!!Comment
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wiki [and others] say that Clara Butt dressed as a mermaid for the premiere of Sea Pictures, 5 October 1899, Norwich FestivalOriginally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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Googling 'Butt' and 'mermaid' leads to interesting results too.Originally posted by Flay View PostApparently so on googling it:
It astonishes me how much personal information people put online about their children.
Does my Butt look big in this?
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Moving swiftly on.
An orgy followed a dream after an exalted start, for this T"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Would we be looking for a like, Gloria! type of Exalted?Originally posted by Caliban View Post
(As you can tell, only just looked at this and am struggling to see a way in)Comment
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No, it's more literal than that.Originally posted by Anna View Post
We are in sunny Spain."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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..where they have some fantastic dances?
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I just looked at that but couldn't find the orgy!Originally posted by Northender View Post..where they have some fantastic dances?
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Aye lad, they do thatOriginally posted by Northender View Post..where they have some fantastic dances?
Give us the whole fandango then
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Maybe you haven't knocked on enough front doors?Originally posted by Anna View PostI ...couldn't find the orgy!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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