And death shall have no dumb minions...

[Carlsborg Expert]

This is the title of the recent Sin/Dex story.
 

That phrase sounds familiar.


Can anyone point me in the right direction to where its from and why its used?

[Gothmog]

I'm pretty sure it's a quote from the bible to do with Jesus rising from the dead.  Something like "death hath no more dominion over him".

It's also the title of a Dylan Thomas poem (dominion, not dumb minions) :).

[The Amstor Computer]

And death shall have no dominion.
Dead mean naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan't crack;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Through they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.

[Queen Firey-Bou]

its one of those fantastic lines that echo in the mind.

another one that rattles around in me is from corinthians;
" we see thru a glass darkly "
then theres the bit about being a child & putting away childish things ? & the bit about "all flesh is grass"

yeah dumb minions, or dominions, either works for me.

[Large48]

ODERINT DUM METUANT

[Floyd-the-k]

that's brilliant Amstor, thank you.  
  To me it sounds like it originally came from the Book of Common Prayer or the King James Bible, but I could be wrong there.

[Carlsborg Expert]

I think that is from the Dylan Thomas poem.

Hmm, could have sworn it was 'And death shall have no dumb minions'.


Shakes head.

[Eric Plumrose]

How to Write Comics, the Dan Abnett Way:

Go to pub.
Think of an excruciating pun.
Script six pages based on it.
Order first pint.

[SamuelAWilkinson]

It's not so simple; you've also got to remember to drink the PINT and write the SCRIPT, and not the other way around, since that would result only in zany circumstances of the kind we'd like to avoid.

[johnnystress]

My old band have a song called " All Flesh is Grass"- screamy shouty riffy stuff

Inspired by..

an episode of Inspector Morse