Hi! alexander,   
      
   On 31 Oct 16 05:22, you wrote to me:   
      
    PQ>> That'll work.  You are a better poet than I, Alexander.  :)   
      
    ak> Having remembered that King Arthas "smelled like horse" I would remove   
    ak> an article before "ball" -- the verse will be read easier.   
      
    ak> Out of the night that covers me,   
    ak> Black as like inside of ball, I thank whatever gods may be   
    ak> For my unconquerable soul.   
    ak> :)   
      
   Now that is getting a bit too exotic, as you're losing the advantage of some   
   'poetic licence'.  You're on the right track.  It would be more correct to   
   write...   
      
     Out of the night that covers me,   
     Black as the inside of a ball, I thank whatever gods may be   
     For my unconquerable soul.   
      
   But I fear we are both now losing whatever poetic 'meter' the author may have   
   intended.[gulp]  I am out of my depth now having made that statement, since I   
   am a simple user of the language and am not a linguistic scientist.  You   
   should recall that although English is my first language I did fail English in   
   high school, nearly a half-century ago.  :P   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   ... "Yeah, I wrote it but it's Jimi's song." - Dylan.   
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