From jfgannon@cloud9.net Sat May 3 06:06:41 2003 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.132]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h43D6f1M025012 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 06:06:41 -0700 Received: from camomile.cloud9.net (camomile.cloud9.net [168.100.1.3]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h43D6dOp011666 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 06:06:39 -0700 Received: from localhost.cloud9.net (localhost.cloud9.net [127.0.0.1]) by camomile.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A175756 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 09:06:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from camomile.cloud9.net (localhost.cloud9.net [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.cloud9.net (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.7) id 12415-493F02C6; Sat, 03 May 2003 09:06:39 -0400 Received: from jfgannon (203-180.dialup.cloud9.net [168.100.203.180]) by camomile.cloud9.net (Postfix) with SMTP id A91DD5744 for ; Sat, 3 May 2003 09:06:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <004401c31175$20dff5a0$b4cb64a8@jfgannon> From: "J.F. Gannon" To: References: <3EAB9247.7022AB82@sympatico.ca> <200304301101.17852.ms@gf.org> <008201c30f33$65feec20$6b3770c2@DESKTOP> <200304301222.17379.ms@gf.org> Subject: Re: Not in the latest Explorator/mentivagrans Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 09:08:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.7; VAE: 6.19.0.3; VDF: 6.19.0.10; host: camomile.cloud9.net) Can it be that you are a Jacobite? JFG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael J. Smith" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Not in the latest Explorator/mentivagrans > On Wednesday 30 April 2003 11:52, Ralph Hancock wrote: > > Michael J. Smith cited 'How doth the little busy bee' as Isaac Watts's > > worst poem. Watts could be a lot worse than that. Here are three stanzas > > from A Hymn of Praise for Three Great Salvations, on the landing of William > > III in England in 1688. > > > > ----------- > > > > But lo! the great Deliverer sails, > > Commision'd from Jehovah's hand, > > And smiling seas, and wishing gales, > > Convey him to the longing land. > > Acknowledged. When he was bad, he was very, very bad. Of course > William III is an even less propitious subject for poetry than > the busy bee. > > --Michael J. Smith > ms@gf.org .