The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.

paracavernous (On the far side of the cavernous sinus)

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, ...

Look at the roll of the waves.