Hi! Alexander,   
      
   On 10/27/2016 03:46 PM, you wrote to Flavio Bessa:   
      
    FB>> Out of the night that covers me,   
    FB>> Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be   
    FB>> For my unconquerable soul.   
      
    ak> I somehow don't understand "Black as the pit from pole to pole"   
      
    ak> What is "the pit"?   
      
   I would paraphrase it using _bad_ English: 'where the sun don't shine'.  I.e.   
   at the depths of the deepest hole you might figuratively find. That's just my   
   'take' on it.   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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