tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post5611514791866162497..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: Alright? cold, reflectionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-240108502713393342007-12-16T17:02:00.000+00:002007-12-16T17:02:00.000+00:00I've had another look. You're right, Barret, and I...I've had another look. You're right, Barret, and I'm right. My quote was from the original 1805 version of the Prelude, which happens to be the one I checked on the first time round. The "reflex" of a star is in Wordsworth's corrected version as published in 1850.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-87844572648137860682007-12-16T16:02:00.000+00:002007-12-16T16:02:00.000+00:00For many years I believed the penultimate line to ...For many years I believed the penultimate line to be "to cut across the reflex of a star". I might even argue it is superior but how could I have possibly come up with such a different word?<BR/><BR/>As a trainee reporter (in the West Riding as it happens) I had my wrist smacked for "alright" and told to substitute "all right".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-40591364985028381672007-12-16T15:01:00.000+00:002007-12-16T15:01:00.000+00:00Up here in Yorkshire, and in Manchester, 'alright?...Up here in Yorkshire, and in Manchester, 'alright?' is a very common greeting.Fire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-20538532233165531342007-12-15T20:28:00.000+00:002007-12-15T20:28:00.000+00:00There's something that the senses of sight and hea...There's something that the senses of sight and hearing can both pick up in these lines - a magical sense of being there. Dare I say it - very Romantic!Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.com