Swakistek
Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-10-08
| Subject: Two of my Favourite Poems Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:02 pm | |
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- Inchcape Rock (Southey)
No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The Ship was still as she could be; Her sails from heaven received no motion, Her keel was steady in the ocean.
Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flow’d over the Inchcape Rock; So little they rose, so little they fell, They did not move the Inchcape Bell.
The worthy Abbot of Aberbrothok Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock; On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung, And over the waves its warning rung.
When the Rock was hid by the surge’s swell, The Mariners heard the warning Bell; And then they knew the perilous Rock, And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok
The Sun in the heaven was shining gay, All things were joyful on that day; The sea-birds scream’d as they wheel’d round, And there was joyaunce in their sound.
The buoy of the Inchcpe Bell was seen A darker speck on the ocean green; Sir Ralph the Rover walk’d his deck, And fix’d his eye on the darker speck.
He felt the cheering power of spring, It made him whistle, it made him sing; His heart was mirthful to excess, But the Rover’s mirth was wickedness.
His eye was on the Inchcape Float; Quoth he, “My men, put out the boat, And row me to the Inchcape Rock, And I’ll plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok.”
The boat is lower’d, the boatmen row, And to the Inchcape Rock they go; Sir Ralph bent over from the boat, And he cut the bell from the Inchcape Float.
Down sank the Bell with a gurgling sound, The bubbles rose and burst around; Quoth Sir Ralph, “The next who comes to the Rock, Won’t bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok.”
Sir Ralph the Rover sail’d away, He scour’d the seas for many a day; And now grown rich with plunder’d store, He steers his course for Scotland’s shore.
So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, They cannot see the sun on high; The wind hath blown a gale all day, At evening it hath died away.
On the deck the Rover takes his stand, So dark it is they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, “It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising Moon.”
“Canst hear,” said one, “the breakers roar? For methinks we should be near the shore.” “Now, where we are I cannot tell, But I wish we could hear the Inchcape Bell.”
They hear no sound, the swell is strong, Though the wind hath fallen they drift along; Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock, “Oh Christ! It is the Inchcape Rock!”
Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair, He curst himself in his despair; The waves rush in on every side, The ship is sinking beneath the tide.
But even is his dying fear, One dreadful sound could the Rover hear; A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell, The Devil below was ringing his knell. | |
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Swakistek
Posts : 10 Join date : 2011-10-08
| Subject: Re: Two of my Favourite Poems Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:03 pm | |
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- The Lesson (McGough)
Chaos ruled OK in the classroom as bravely the teacher walked in the nooligans ignored him hid voice was lost in the din
"The theme for today is violence and homework will be set I'm going to teach you a lesson one that you'll never forget"
He picked on a boy who was shouting and throttled him then and there then garrotted the girl behind him (the one with grotty hair)
Then sword in hand he hacked his way between the chattering rows "First come, first severed" he declared "fingers, feet or toes"
He threw the sword at a latecomer it struck with deadly aim then pulling out a shotgun he continued with his game
The first blast cleared the backrow (where those who skive hang out) they collapsed like rubber dinghies when the plug's pulled out
"Please may I leave the room sir?" a trembling vandal enquired "Of course you may" said teacher put the gun to his temple and fired
The Head popped a head round the doorway to see why a din was being made nodded understandingly then tossed in a grenade
And when the ammo was well spent with blood on every chair Silence shuffled forward with its hands up in the air
The teacher surveyed the carnage the dying and the dead He waggled a finger severely "Now let that be a lesson" he said | |
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