tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post65416056036016976..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: An Advent Carol: Behold and seeClerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-80646238727714964902014-12-15T18:30:27.231+00:002014-12-15T18:30:27.231+00:00Thank you very much! And the same to you.Thank you very much! And the same to you.Clerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-11599752342576602542014-12-14T23:05:40.637+00:002014-12-14T23:05:40.637+00:00Have discovered your delightful blog. Thank you. I...Have discovered your delightful blog. Thank you. I have re-shared on twitter and google+ and you have already had many deserved re-shares. Thank you.<br />A happy Advent, Christmas and 2014 to you.<br />DavidDavid Torkingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09566735188800091148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-50909174060209514072014-12-13T18:56:52.390+00:002014-12-13T18:56:52.390+00:00Nigel, Robert, and Rachel, thank you all! And Merr...Nigel, Robert, and Rachel, thank you all! And Merry Christmas!<br /><br />O.M. - that phrase feels familiar to me too, but I can't place it. About the rhyme, it did occur to me that the vowel sound in the rhyming -our words is close to the dominant sound in the Latin refrain (natura/iura, etc.), so there's a kind of echo or assonance there, if not strictly a rhyme. And the rhyme-scheme ofClerk of Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-77280205407664572014-12-12T14:56:50.280+00:002014-12-12T14:56:50.280+00:00Yes, thank you for such new old songs in English a...Yes, thank you for such new old songs in English and Latin!<br /><br />The rime connecting all the stanzas got me wondering if the rime-words would all be Epithets like those of the most familiar O Antiphons: "savyour", "floure", "socour", but then came "boure", though "paramour" was another instance - and might "honour" be an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-65870641092150457662014-12-12T02:51:45.323+00:002014-12-12T02:51:45.323+00:00I really enjoyed this. Thank you!I really enjoyed this. Thank you!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624317806947588259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-73222161355217356222014-12-12T01:52:32.924+00:002014-12-12T01:52:32.924+00:00Thank you for so many inspiring and insightful blo...Thank you for so many inspiring and insightful blog posts. You help to make these intriguing times of history come alive.Robert Wayne Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949439908800702855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-48609947403339176222014-12-11T22:26:39.816+00:002014-12-11T22:26:39.816+00:00Another delightful post. Thank you for all the fas...Another delightful post. Thank you for all the fascinating, scholarly, obscure and intriguing matters you have brought to our attention throughout the year. It is much appreciated.<br />Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Busyantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022645116824297149noreply@blogger.com