..."secrets" (1.5.14). He describes not the secrets, therefore, but the effect they would have if disclosed: I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand an end Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. (1.5.15-20) As the sight of the Medusa turned spectators...

...breath in dread to tell of this prison-house. The"lightest word" of this scorching torment, we recall, Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,...particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fearful porpentine. The frightful vision of a realm of torment was useful to the Catholic Church in...

...ofNightwood, YCAL. 17. Hamlet, Pelican edition, ed. Willard Farnham (New York: Penguin, 1970), 1.5.15-22: I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow...stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood. 18. Hartley, review ofNightwood, YCAL....