Ringing rinbus round Demetrius

• the steam was like a rainbow 'round [Demetrius O'Flannigan] McCarthy: lyric from the song "Enniscorthy"

• nimbus: glowing light that encircles someone or something; halo

• ringing rin: A rin gong, or singing bowl, is a gong that rests on a floor or surface with the vibration in its upper rim

• Demetrius:
  • Demetrius O'Flannigan McCarthy, subject of the song "Enniscorthy," a hard-drinking hothead
  • Demetrius: author of On Style, ancient rhetorical/literary criticism
  • Demetrias: Ancient Greek city, favorite residence of the kings of Macedon; ruined and abandoned in the 14th century