brooding dead

[Ande]

all of the above plus...waiting for something to hatch  (chickens 
sitting on eggs are brooding)


Steven wrote:

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>   Sort of like the vulture that sits on the dead branch over the man who's
>   crawling by, dying of thirst.
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>   On Oct 20, 2006, at 7:30 AM, Ya Sam wrote:
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>     I would be very grateful if somebody could explain me the meaning of
>     'brood' in this line from Milton's The French Revolution: "The dead
>     brood over Europe: the cloud and vision descends over cheerful France".
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