Littlestone
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Re: Megalithic Poems:- Alexander Thom: Ancient Mon
Mar 30, 2007, 08:25
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tiompan wrote: Remove not the ancient landmarks, which thy father's have set .
Proverbs 22:28
Thanks tiompan - think that should go on the title-page :-)
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nigelswift
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Re: Megalithic Poems:- Alexander Thom: Ancient Mon
Mar 30, 2007, 08:29
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Excellent.
Furthermore -
"Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Deuteronomy 27:17
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fitzcoraldo
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Peter Proletarius
Apr 01, 2007, 09:17
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The ancient Druids offer’d to their gods
A human sacrifice; and criminals
On their stone alters bled beneath the knife
The priestly arm upraised, rudely to plunge
Into an erring brother’s living heart,
Or else, in osier cages first confined,
Expired in flames lit by some priestly hand:
And we, whose scaffolds oft have reek’d with gore
Of earth’s best benefactors; we, whose cells
Have prison’d up the patriot and divine;
And who still strangle with the hangman’s rope
To teach the sanctity of human life;
Ard ever study how to cheat in trade
Or kill in war with most proficiency,
Self-rightous hypocrites who but deceive
Ourselves and one another; we despise
The Druid for his paganism, meanwhile
We worship Gold as though it were a god,
And call ourselves good Christians
Peter Proletarius
Proletarius was one of the pen names of the 19th century printer, publisher, author, poet, historian and radical, George Markham Tweddell.
Tweddell also wrote;
“Scoff not at antiquarian research,
As useless in results; for it throws light
Upon the darkness of the past to aid
Humanity along its devious way”
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Littlestone
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Re: Peter Proletarius
Apr 02, 2007, 20:27
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Or kill in war with most proficiency,
Self-righteous hypocrites who but deceive
Ourselves and one another; we despise
The Druid for his paganism, meanwhile
We worship Gold as though it were a god,
And call ourselves good Christians
Old Proletarius seems to have been quite the socialist - and a Freemason to boot. Couldn't help thinking how little has changed since his day and how well his words fit present politics. Slight reworking of the above for Bush, Blare and their politics in the Middle East - hope Old Proletarius would approve ;-)
Or kill in war with most proficiency,
Self-righteous hypocrites who but deceive
Ourselves and one another; we despise
The Muslim for his terrorism, meanwhile
We worship Oil as though it were a god,
And call ourselves good Christians.
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slumpystones
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Re: Peter Proletarius
Apr 02, 2007, 21:07
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Shouldn't 'terrorism' be replaced with 'Islamism' ?
Isn't the point that we despise someone for worshipping a certain way but worship the dollar and see nothing wrong with it?
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Littlestone
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Re: Peter Proletarius
Apr 03, 2007, 11:54
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Shouldn't 'terrorism' be replaced with 'Islamism' ?
Aye, yer right (though for many in the West they're probably seen as one and the same).
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Littlestone
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Re: Peter Proletarius
Apr 04, 2007, 14:35
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slumpystones wrote: Shouldn't 'terrorism' be replaced with 'Islamism' ?
Isn't the point that we despise someone for worshipping a certain way but worship the dollar and see nothing wrong with it?
Bit OT I'm afraid, but have just spent nearly two hours watching President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad giving a live news conference - what a showman :-) Couldn't help enjoying his performance! He spent most of it reminding the world how ancient Persian civilization and culture is, and their gifts to the world in the fields of mathematics, art etc. Then berating the West on their 100 year-plus interference in the area, before pardoning and then releasing the fifteen sailors with immediate effect (and asking Blair not to punish them for straying into Iranian waters :-) Classic showmanship but there were glimpses, too, of how different our two cultures are. Must say he gave me much food for thought.
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Littlestone
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Calling Hob
Apr 05, 2007, 20:35
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Hob, the poem that you posted yonks ago by Walter Scott (Cowt's Grave) is now up on http://megalithicpoems.blogspot.com/ Need to check out a couple of things - do you have a link to the poem?
Thanks.
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Hob
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Re: Calling Hob
Apr 05, 2007, 21:07
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Hiya LS,
I got the text from a paper book, but was going to suggest you have a look at the Gutenberg project, as they have much of Scott's work online. I went for a quick search, and lo and behold, they also have a e-version of the book I got the poem from.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11124
Btw, if anyone tries to tell you that the poem refers to a small mound next to Hermitage castle, apparently they're wrong. It's also called 'The Cout's grave', (interchangeable 'u' and 'w') and whilst it might actually be the grave of the fella known as the Cowt, it's not the mound at Deadwater, which is next to the old chapel.
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Littlestone
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Calling Hob/Carnac
Apr 05, 2007, 21:26
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Thanks Hob.
Meanwhile, anyone speak Breton? This one thanks to Michelle -
Du bois de Ker-Melo jusqu'au Moulin de Teir,
J'ai passe tout le jour sur le bord de la mer,
Respirant sous les pins leur odeur de resine,
Poussant devant mes pieds leur feuille lisse et fine,
Et d'instants en instants, par-dessus Saint Michel,
Lorsqu'eclatait le bruit de la barre d'Enn-Tell,
M'arretant pour entendre : au milieu des bruyeres,
Carnac m'apparaissait avec toutes ses pierres,
Et parmi les men-hir erraient comme autrefois
Les vieux guerriers des clans, leurs pretres et leurs rois.
Auguste Brizeux (1803-1858)
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