Lummel

King of the perennial holly-groves, the riven sandstone:

overlord of the M5: architect of the historic rampart

and ditch, the citadel at Tamworth, the summer her-

mitage in Holy Cross: guardian of the Welsh Bridge

and the Iron Bridge: contractor to the desirable new

estates: saltmaster: moneychanger: commissioner for

oaths: martyrologist: the friend of Charelmagne.

'I liked that', said Offa, 'sing it again.'

VI

The princes of Mercia were badger and raven. Thrall to

their freedom, I dug and hoarded. Orchards fruited

above clefts. I drank from honeycombs of chill sandstone.

...

Candles of gnarled resin, apple-branches, the tacky

mistletoe. 'Look,' they said and again 'look'. But

I ran slowly; the landscape flowed away, back to

its source

...

From Mercian Hymns, Geoffrey Hill

Unter ein Bildniß Adolf Menzel's

Gaben, wer hätte sie nicht? Talente - Spielzeug für Kinder,

Erst der Ernst macht den Mann, erst der Fleiß das Genie.

Theodore Fontane

Vita Nova

You saved me, you should remember me.

The spring of the year; young men buying tickets for the

ferryboats.

Laughter, because the air is full of apple blossoms.

When I woke up, I realised I was capable of the same feeling.

...

Louise Glueck

"Whatever we do must be in accord with human nature. We cannot drive people; we must direct their development...the general policy of the past has been to drive; but the era of force must give way to that of knowledge, and the policy of the future will be to teach and lead, to the advantage of all concerned."

Henry Gantt (1861-1919)

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