Am 05.03.2008 um 02:42 schrieb Nancy Gish:

> One meaning given to "worm" was that it was a dragon.  So it could  
> in that sense fly in the night, but it could hardly find a bed of  
> crimson  joy in that form.  It is a mix of physical and  
> metaphysical qualities (life destroyed by a worm's dark love) that  
> can't be fixed as literal.
> Nancy
>
>>>> Ken Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> 3/4/2008 7:56 PM >>>
> 1 O Rose, thou art sick!
>             2 The invisible worm
>             3 That flies in the night,
>             4 In the howling storm,
>
>             5 Has found out thy bed
>             6 Of crimson joy:
>             7 And his dark secret love
>             8 Does thy life destroy.
>
>   Always wondered about the worm in this. Anyone know worms that  
> fly in
> howling storms? Seriously?
>
> Ken A

Dear Ken --

if this is of any help:

Some years ago, in the Milan Museum of Paleontology, I saw a  
frightening item:

A petrified spider with wings (no worm, though),
endowed with a venomous  spike.

There you got Nancy's dragon!

For an arachnophobiac it was good to know that they are extinct...


Cheers,

Gunnar