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Help[Opinions] Re: Halcyon
in reply to a message by noel
I like it - and my likeness magnifies - exponentially - with Hallie as a nickname.
The association I have is from TS Eliot's Dry Salvages (from Four Quartets) -and this association is not negative; nor does imply that this name should not be used. Again I really love the nickname you suggested.
"...And the ragged rock in the restless waters,
Waves wash over it, fogs conceal it;
On a halcyon day it is merely a monument,
In navigable weather it is always a seamark
To lay a course by: but in the sombre season
Or the sudden fury, is what it always was..."
The association I have is from TS Eliot's Dry Salvages (from Four Quartets) -and this association is not negative; nor does imply that this name should not be used. Again I really love the nickname you suggested.
"...And the ragged rock in the restless waters,
Waves wash over it, fogs conceal it;
On a halcyon day it is merely a monument,
In navigable weather it is always a seamark
To lay a course by: but in the sombre season
Or the sudden fury, is what it always was..."
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