23rd April. A Poem

[harryhawk]

I find this a thing of beauty.




The True Dragon
by Brian Patten

St George was out walking
He met a dragon on a hill,
It was wise and wonderful
Too glorious to kill

It slept amongst the wild thyme
Where the oxlips and violets grow
Its skin was a luminous fire
That made the English landscape glow

Its tears were England’s crystal rivers
Its breath the mist on England’s moors
Its larder was England’s orchards,
Its house was without doors

St George was in awe of it
It was a thing apart
He hid the sleeping dragon
Inside every English heart

So on this day let’s celebrate
England’s valleys full of light,
The green fire of the landscape
Lakes shivering with delight

Let’s celebrate St George’s Day,
The dragon in repose;
The brilliant lark ascending,
The yew, the oak, the rose.

Happy St George's day, Harry.

 

[Robbi]

Bravo !!!!

 

[Nat]

Nice to see a poem that doesn't involve him killing a dragon

 

[drewdunnrespect]

bravo, bravo

 

[SimonM]

Lovely poem.

I arrived to school wearing my red rose today and have already been asked my several staff why I'm wearing it

On the plus side, I've had all the computer desktops in school changed to a George Cross flag for the day

Simon

 

[Tony]

I don't think it's a popular day around here

 

[EdS]

Just to stir it up a bit:

St George - Palestinian and Roman soldier sainted and impossed byon the "English" by French overlords who picked him up on the Crusades. The Dragon bit been added later and been a retelling of various "pagan" sagas.

The orginal patron St of England was St Edmund - in as much as Englanad existed then.

That said it was nice to hear the City Hall bells playig Jerusalem this morning.

 

[Kerne]

Just to stir it up a bit:

St George - Palestinian and Roman soldier sainted and impossed byon the "English" by French overlords who picked him up on the Crusades. The Dragon bit been added later and been a retelling of various "pagan" sagas.

The orginal patron St of England was St Edmund - in as much as Englanad existed then.

That said it was nice to hear the City Hall bells playig Jerusalem this morning.

He is also the patron saint of Catalonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia - Gets about a bit!

 

[SimonM]

...and archers, soldiers, syphillis sufferers, Scouts...

 

[Kerne]

...and archers, soldiers, syphillis sufferers, Scouts...

I fall into one of those categories - not telling you which!

 

[SimonM]

I fall into one of those categories - not telling you which!

I fall into 3...

 

[EdS]

...and archers, soldiers, syphillis sufferers, Scouts...

and torture victims.

 

[Clouston]

and torture victims.

That would be the Scout Leaders then!

Don't know why I'm laughing cos that'll be me then