tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20702671.post114944488333230105..comments2023-04-07T14:15:14.735+01:00Comments on Bad things in new hymn books and other sad tales: What is rigid gently bendCatherine Rowetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356313351798903675noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20702671.post-1149586315344418832006-06-06T10:31:00.000+01:002006-06-06T10:31:00.000+01:00...glory is given without any difficulty...... but...<I>...glory is given without any difficulty...</I><BR/><BR/>... but it's not yours to give. You cribbed it from the Te Deum (<I>"æterna fac cum sanctis tuis in gloria munerari"</I>), didn't you?<BR/><BR/>Have no fear: if you feel like awarding a prize, the tigers will come forth from their forest, and the angels descend from the misty realms of introspection, with surprising alacrity!<BR/><BR/>Cuddly Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177866449280826315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20702671.post-1149525317076164422006-06-05T17:35:00.000+01:002006-06-05T17:35:00.000+01:00I think Annie's lines need to be made to rhyme mor...I think Annie's lines need to be made to rhyme more neatly. Any suggestions?<BR/><BR/>As for the glory, I was not intending to provide that myself but thought my superior would probably oblige.<BR/><BR/>I could offer wine, but that would involve anonymice revealing their identity<BR/><BR/>or some other method of conveying the prize<BR/><BR/><BR/>whereas glory is given without any difficultyCatherine Rowetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356313351798903675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20702671.post-1149500304680908772006-06-05T10:38:00.000+01:002006-06-05T10:38:00.000+01:00Am sure this is not the best solution, but a brief...Am sure this is not the best solution, but a brief rearrangement might go something like this…<BR/><BR/>Wash us where we gather dirt, <BR/>Fructify when we are parched, <BR/>Cure us if we suffer hurt. <BR/>Unyielding though we be, direct; <BR/>With thy warmth the wintry tend;<BR/>Straighten, should we err from thee. <BR/><BR/>…anyone care to improve that seeing's I don't have time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com