Blimmin' awesome, Thief- especially these two lines:

'And yet is the conception of its own accouchement' and 'Nor tiptoe on the shards that are the steel of charm'

BTW the saga: I didn't get the email notification, but just subscribed again now: When the envelope symbol is white it means you are a subscriber; green is when you aren't. I'm now receiving other emails I failed to notice were missing LOL. Silly 'puters...! Silly ME!