". I don't think there is a number disagreement problem with the three entities, it's simply that I would normally say either "The carriage held but ourselves and Immortality" or The carriage held none but ourselves and Immortality."
Uh, Max, reread Wordwinds post. Hey Drow, welcome, I agree but good poets rarely write words with a singular reason.
Remember the game How many is in the carriage?
(A) The carriage held but ourselves and immortality: THREE.
(B)The carriage held none but ourselves and immortality:
THREE.
(C) The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality: TWO. Immortality is condition that "I" and "Death" possess.
PS: Max did you know that New Zealand is the only country on Earth that doesn't have crows? John Wattie, New Zealander, Radiologist, Photographer, Birdlover, Marrier of a maori girl, told me that in 1973. If you get the chance look him up and tell him that his caving friends in Birmingham said "Hi!".
