"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll

Hoo... Hoo

Mic test. With apologies to John Tams and all who've done this so much better.

Here's forty shillings on the drum
To those who volunteer to come,
To 'list and fight the foe today
Over the Hills and far away.

O'er the hills and o'er the main
Through Flanders, Portugal and Spain.
King George commands and we obey
Over the hills and far away.

If I should fall to rise no more,
As many comrades did before,
Ask the fifes and drums to play
Over the hills and far away.

Over The Hills And far Away

In Exeter Cathedral there is a very rare book dating from the 8th century. 
Inside is a poem probably written by an Anglo Saxon who had stumbled on the ruins of the Roman Baths in the city of Bath. 

Imagine his awe at the skill of those long lost people who built this amazing monument, especially coming from an Anglo Saxon background, where he would only be familiar with wooden structures and dwellings. 

Here is a near translation of those ancient old English words as some of the 49 lines have been rendered indecipherable due to fire damage, but it gives a flavour of his wonder.

(Description and translation by Alan Wheeldon
Image (C) BBC)

Apologies for the odd stumble over the words. 

http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/sechard/oeruin.htm

The Baths

Messing around with filters and background chatter for some olde time radio stuff...

Radio Chatter

Poetry
is to knit a scarf out of words

but the scarf is armour
and it is fire
and it is a swift ship

and it will endure

forever

Ken Harvey