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England Victorious, Sunday 27th July 2025 [Apologies 😊 to William Wordsworth and John Milton]
William Wordsworth’s ‘London, 1802’, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45528/london-1802
in Italian or Petrarchan sonnet form, bemoans English society’s moral degradation and the deleterious effects of the Industrial Revolution. Wordsworth nostalgically calls on John Milton, poet and civil servant (1608-1674) to as it were, restore England to her former glory.
By way of contrast, having...
Wednesday 30th July 2025 1:54 pm
A Pride Of Lionesses
The European champions
Hold the world in their hands
Bring it home
Bring it home
Comes the chant from the stands
The breath of England
Heaves shallow in wait
But, these Lionesses
Are the key to our fate
They have passion & strength
And a will to achieve
Each heart & each soul
Worn firmly on sleeve
For 57 years
We've huffed & we've puf...
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