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"The trip back to England was at once endless and all too quick. He spent the majority of it in his cabin: for the first time in his life, watching the green swells chase the blue horizon brought him no comfort. He tried to read, but even his favorite volumes brought him no surcease of sorrow. There was no balm in Gilead that could his wretched heart restore."
Right, so I've always liked the phrase "surcease of sorrow," and as it alludes nicely to a Certain Poem about a guy being haunted by ghosts and going mad, I thought it worked well in this context.
The fact that the next line also alludes to the poem and actually fits in with its rhythm and rhyme structure pleases me no end. :)
It may not stay.. it's kind of clunky, and a bit more archaic than I'd like. We'll see.
But for now, I'm happy.
"Quoth the fangirl, nevermore.." :)
Right, so I've always liked the phrase "surcease of sorrow," and as it alludes nicely to a Certain Poem about a guy being haunted by ghosts and going mad, I thought it worked well in this context.
The fact that the next line also alludes to the poem and actually fits in with its rhythm and rhyme structure pleases me no end. :)
It may not stay.. it's kind of clunky, and a bit more archaic than I'd like. We'll see.
But for now, I'm happy.
"Quoth the fangirl, nevermore.." :)
