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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Shakespeare's gossamer verse #76255 07/22/2002 5:05 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 I can think of a couple immediately – Edgar’s description of his father’s ‘fall’ from ‘Dover Cliffs’ in King Lear, and there is something in a speech by the Friar in Romeo and Juliet though I cannot bring it properly to mind (something like “gossamer that idles in the summer air”?)… Are these the ones you are referring to, or are there others? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted gossamer thread lotosun 07/17/2002 3:25 PM Re: gossamer thread Rubrick 07/17/2002 3:38 PM Re: gossamer thread wwh 07/17/2002 4:26 PM Re: gossamer thread slithy toves 07/17/2002 4:38 PM Re: gossamer thread RhubarbCommando 07/17/2002 10:23 PM Re: gossamer thread Fiberbabe 07/19/2002 7:58 PM Re: gossamer thread dodyskin 07/20/2002 10:48 PM Re: gossamer thread FishonaBike 07/20/2002 11:39 PM Re: gossamer thread dodyskin 07/22/2002 3:22 PM Re: gossamer thread lotosun 07/23/2002 3:24 AM Re: gossamer thread Napier's Bones 07/22/2002 3:50 PM Re: Shakespeare's gossamer verse maverick 07/22/2002 5:05 PM Re: Shakespeare's gossamer verse maverick 07/22/2002 5:12 PM Re: Shakespeare's gossamer verse Napier's Bones 07/22/2002 5:24 PM Re: Shakespeare's gossamer verse maverick 07/22/2002 5:35 PM Re: Shakespeare's gossamer verse Napier's Bones 07/22/2002 10:00 PM Re: Shakespeare's gossamer verse of troy 07/22/2002 5:44 PM Re: Shakespeare's gossamer verse maverick 07/22/2002 5:52 PM butterflies dodyskin 07/22/2002 7:17 PM Re: Shakespeare's gossamer verse of troy 07/22/2002 11:05 PM Re: gossamer thread of troy 07/22/2002 11:09 PM Re: gossamer thread lotosun 07/23/2002 3:21 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,422 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,238 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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