Thanks, jheem--you settled the words I was wondering about. Oh, except for soul-hydroptic. As to thorpe--didn't we decide here some time ago that that meant hill? If "thro' the rattle" means he was talking grammar even through his death rattle--yikes. Here lies a person far more dedicated than I would be. I didn't notice all the l's in the last 4 lines until just now; I like them, I think.