From belietr@mail.auburn.edu Tue Apr 16 19:23:34 CDT 1996 Article: 35011 of rec.games.miniatures.warhammer Newsgroups: rec.games.miniatures.warhammer Path: news.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!news01.aud.alcatel.com!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.duc.auburn.edu!mallard!belietr From: belietr@mail.auburn.edu (Thomas R Beliech) Subject: More on Dark Angel Names... Message-ID: Sender: usenet@mail.auburn.edu (Usenet Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: mallard2.duc.auburn.edu Organization: Auburn University X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 06:16:44 GMT Lines: 32 Okay, Dark Angel fans, here's a little bit more evidence that somebody at GW does a little side reading now and then... The name of The DA primarch - Lion El'Jonson. Well, there was a British 1890's poet by the name Lionel Johnson, as I discovered while studying for my literature comps. Big deal, I thought, coincidence. Until I heard the name of his most popular poem (get this...) "The Dark Angel" Here's the first stanza from the poem, to give you a taste... "Dark Angel, with thine aching lust To rid the world of penitence Malicious Angel, who still dost My soul such subtile violence!" I like this two line bit from the 2nd stanza, though: "Dark Angel, ever on the wing, Who never reachest me too late!" Sound like good material for a signature block, eh? The mighty primarch with the soul of a poet...fitting, somehow. Leman Russ never wrote poetry...a drinking song or two, maybe, but nothing else => -- ======================================================================= Thomas Beliech At Auburn University (poor me...) belietr@mail.auburn.edu "This grips me more than would a muddy old river or a reclining Buddha..." "I bet you watch - I would invite you, but the queens WE use would not excite you..." - Murray Head ========================================================================