tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566178597384801656.post259912731708118062..comments2023-05-17T14:36:13.102+01:00Comments on walkingintheceiling: england's DreamingSimon Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09309155964441551619noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566178597384801656.post-79206365076707733482011-05-14T00:58:11.410+01:002011-05-14T00:58:11.410+01:00From the Rubaiyat:
"Awake! For morning in the...From the Rubaiyat:<br />"Awake! For morning in the bowl of night<br />Hath flung the stone that put the stars to flight,<br />And lo! the hunter of the east hath caught<br />The sultan's turret in a noose of light."<br /><br />Quite medieval indeed, if you ask me, even if the translation is very much of our time.<br /><br />Thanks for the po'm!<br />PPhilipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07810430313794564899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566178597384801656.post-60709233169474864032011-05-13T22:14:42.087+01:002011-05-13T22:14:42.087+01:00Not consciously, Philipp ... more medieval dream p...Not consciously, Philipp ... more medieval dream poem or singsong seventeenth century ballad was the idea ... the title refers to the Sex Pistols's 'God Save the Queen':-)Simon Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09309155964441551619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-566178597384801656.post-11849814945605260182011-05-13T18:29:01.493+01:002011-05-13T18:29:01.493+01:00Is there a hint of the Rubaiyat in here?Is there a hint of the Rubaiyat in here?Philipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07810430313794564899noreply@blogger.com