Nigh (was: Re: Question about a grammatical term)

Herman writes:

>Padraic Brown wrote:
>
>>Next is superlative of nigh!
>
>Ah. Well, since "nigh" isn't in my active vocabulary, I didn't think of
>that. I recognize it as an infrequent synonym for "near", but I'm not sure
>if I could use it correctly in a sentence.
I normally hear it in the "X is nigh" construction (Death is nigh.).
Back in my days at summer camp, there was a song set to the tune of
"Taps" (maybe 'Taps' actually had these words?) and I don't remember
all the words, but the last three lines were along the lines of:

...Day is done,  (dooooooooooooooone)
Safely rest,
God is nigh... (niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh)

Kou

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