Does anybody know the meaning of 'wood-thing' in the poem Love Song by 
Dorothy Parker?

...
My love, he's mad, and my love, he's fleet,
And a wild young wood-thing bore him!
...

http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1554.html

--
Helmut

At 20:05:15 on Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Helmut Jasper 
 wrote in 
:

>Does anybody know the meaning of 'wood-thing' in the poem Love Song by 
>Dorothy Parker?

I'd have thought it probably referred to a dryad.
-- 
Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
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In article <3rJRhE2Fl2YKFwWd@molly.mockford>,
 Molly Mockford  writes:
>At 20:05:15 on Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Helmut Jasper
> wrote in <7ch5loF25js31U1@mid.individual.net
>>:
>
>>Does anybody know the meaning of 'wood-thing' in the poem Love Song by
>>Dorothy Parker?
>
>I'd have thought it probably referred to a dryad.

Me too.
-- 
John Hall        "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
                  pays off now."  Anon

In article <3rJRhE2Fl2YKFwWd@molly.mockford>, Molly Mockford
 wrote:
> At 20:05:15 on Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Helmut Jasper
>  wrote in
> :

> >Does anybody know the meaning of 'wood-thing' in the poem Love Song
> >by Dorothy Parker?

> I'd have thought it probably referred to a dryad.

She was only the woodman's daughter but she had a dry advice...

-- 
Om Namah Shivaya

David - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk
http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/

On 20 July, 02:23, David <nos...@nomaps.amnops.invalid> wrote:
> In article <3rJRhE2Fl2YKF...@molly.mockford>, Molly Mockford
>
>  wrote:
> > At 20:05:15 on Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Helmut Jasper
> >  wrote in
> > :
> > >Does anybody know the meaning of 'wood-thing' in the poem Love Song
> > >by Dorothy Parker?
> > I'd have thought it probably referred to a dryad.
>
> She was only the woodman's daughter but she had a dry advice...
>
> --
> Om Namah Shivaya
>
> David - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop ukhttp://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/

David, what's that Sanskrit sounding last line in your post?

At 06:56:34 on Sat, 1 Aug 2009, Paul  wrote in 
:

>On 20 July, 02:23, David <nos...@nomaps.amnops.invalid> wrote:

>> Om Namah Shivaya

>David, what's that Sanskrit sounding last line in your post?

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Namah_Shivaya> might help.
-- 
Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
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