Category: Lest we forget
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… By what unnatural ignorance is it that you do so deny her? By what unnatural pride is it that you do so ignore her? By what unnatural selection is it that you do so seek to dethrone her? For know you that she is everywhere, and in every thing, now, and will always be. …
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… Do you know not of her fragility, her dance with nature, behold, a true wonder Do you know not of the delicateness of that Dale over yonder? Do you know not of that which seems immutable, perpetual, unchanging? That which the foolish would desecrate, and pillage, and plunder, and all, all, for their…
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… Then, be as the most beloved of Queens unto others. For if this be your kingdom, if this be your rule, then you shall prevail over the pretender. For if this be your covenant, if this be your bond, then you shall pity the subjugator. • Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Gate & Queen Victoria…
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… Remember Talavera. Remember. Remember the souls whom on stone were unneedfully dashed Remember the brave whom in battle a Serpent they crushed Remember the sacrificed in a war they called victory Remember the scars that were left, never seen, only empty. Remember Talavera. Remember. Remember this battle, and more such as these, in times…
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… A poem by C.S. LEWIS : I heard in Addison’s Walk a bird sing clear: This year the summer will come true. This year. This year. Winds will not strip the blossom from the apple trees This year, nor want of rain destroy the peas. This year time’s nature will no more defeat you,…
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… if he were to come again Would they Would the trees dance, would the birds sing, would the stars brighten Would they Would the clouds roar, would the earth quiver, would the oceans hush Would they If such a man were to come again And would those, as those of the last, repeat their…
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… To do evil upon? To trap, to manipulate, to use, to discard, like a child’s broken plaything. Would you help? Would you but truly help? For has God not shown you that in the helping of the good of others is as in helping of the good of yourself? And as it is so,…
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… By the nourishment on which you banquet. By that of which you share. By that of which you give. By these, and more, does God know you. • College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the University of Cambridge & Corpus Christi College Chapel, Cambridge, England, U.K. ~ 26 July 2023…
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… Or as puppet, by proxy, you seek all to fool Nor as King, nor as Queen, nor as Lord, nor as Duke, not even as Emperor, nor the Czar that hides thine own crook E’en worn of a crown that sum won by gain, or when born to the throne, to so lay the…
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… If you were given the choice, the chance, the opportunity, to choose… with whom you would supper with? Who would they be? If you could choose to supper with anyone, anyone in past, from before, of yesteryear, and anyone from now, from the present, of today. Who would you choose? With whom would you…