-lived

[Tom Kysilko]

At 08:37 PM 10/15/2002 EDT, Dale Coye wrote:
>If you want historical support here's W.S. Gilbert, in the Pirates of
>Penzance with this rhyme:
>
>To gain a brief advantage you've contrived
>But your proud triumph will not be long-lived.

Scant support from a writer who in Patience rhymes "sympathy" and "lily"
with "die".

  Tom Kysilko        Practical Data Services
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