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Randall 13 posts |
Edited Oct 09, 2006, 10:49
Apr 12, 2005, 23:02
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Stanton Drew by U.A. Fanthorpe First you dismantle the landscape. Take away everything you first Thought of. Trees must go, Roads, of course, the church, Houses, hedges, livestock, a wire Fence. The river can stay, But loses its stubby fringe Of willows. What do you See now? Grass, the circling Mendip rim, with its notches Fresh, like carving. A sky Like ours, but empty along Its lower levels. And earth Stripped of its future, tilted Into meaning by these stones, Pitted and unemphatic. Re-create them. They are the most permanent Presences here, but cattle, weather Archaeologists have rubbed against them. Still in season they will Hold the winter sun poised Over Maes Knoll's white cheek, Chain the moon's footsteps to The pattern of their dance. Stand inside the circle. Put Your hand on stone. Listen To the past's long pulse.
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Littlestone 5386 posts |
Apr 12, 2005, 23:18
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Thank you, Randall. We are all a little stripped of our future and tilted into meaning by these stones. A new and lovely addition to the growing stack.
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Littlestone 5386 posts |
Edited Dec 05, 2007, 07:56
Apr 19, 2005, 21:19
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The Circle
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Littlestone 5386 posts |
Edited Oct 09, 2006, 10:50
Apr 25, 2005, 23:42
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"The outline of the stone is round, having no end and no beginning; like the power of the stone it is endless. The stone is perfect of its kind and is the work of nature... Outwardly it is not beautiful, but its structure is solid, like a solid house in which one may safely dwell." Chased-by-Bears (1843-1915) Santee-Yanktonai Sioux (And thanks to PH for sending me this)
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Littlestone 5386 posts |
Edited Oct 09, 2006, 10:50
Apr 30, 2005, 09:42
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One for Beltane (thanks to JC for this as it appears on page 389 of TMA). Fane of the Druids: a poem Time-hallow'd pile by simple builders rear'd! Mysterious round, through distant times rever'd! Ordained with earth's revolving orb to last! Thou bringst to sight the present and the past. Rapt with her theme, bold Fancy wings her flight To silent ages long involved in night Bids clouded forms arise to sight display'd And scatters light along th' oblivious shade. John Ogilvie (1733-1813)
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nigelswift 8112 posts |
Apr 30, 2005, 10:25
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Peachy.
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Littlestone 5386 posts |
Edited Oct 09, 2006, 10:51
May 10, 2005, 17:50
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…But what here most attracts a stranger's view Near the old castle is that spreading yew, Whose horizontal branches, closely laid, To British senates might afford a shade, Yes, calmly here a senate might debate And cooly settle the affair of state. Or here the druids who in days of yore Taught under trees their worship and their lore, Might from the wintry blast - here found a screen, And formed a temple all of evergreen. Rev. James Creichton. Late 18th Century
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Wiggy 1696 posts |
May 10, 2005, 18:45
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There was a fabulous exhibition at the Tate a couple of years back - and Jah Wobble presented a pretty good documentary on the telly around the same time. I love Blake.
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Littlestone 5386 posts |
May 10, 2005, 19:09
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There are three illustrations by Blake in <b>Stukeley Illustrated</b> by Neil Mortimer* showing the influence William Stukeley and John Aubrey had on Blake in his illustrations for <b>Milton</b> and <b>Jerusalem</b>. * ISBN 0-9542963-3-8. pp126-129.
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Wiggy 1696 posts |
May 11, 2005, 12:23
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...Kipling's "In the Neolithic" is an interesting poem (in that it illustrates attitudes of the time towards ancient history etc) but I can't seem to find it right now, and would probably be too lazy to type it all out!! x
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