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h/t Bustedknuckles
Except the original poem isn't Saxons at all. It's The English.
OG poem by Rudyard Kipling:
The Beginnings
It was not part of their blood,It came to them very lateWith long arrears to make good,When the English began to hate.They were not easily moved,They were icy willing to waitTill every count should be proved,Ere the English began to hate.Their voices were even and low,Their eyes were level and straight.There was neither sign nor show,When the English began to hate.It was not preached to the crowd,It was not taught by the State.No man spoke it aloud,When the English began to hate.It was not suddenly bred,It will not swiftly abate,Through the chill years ahead,When Time shall count from the dateThat the English began to hate.
Like so much of his work, it's got a timeless quality and can readily be applied to the current situation.
I have to admit this has been a great concern for me over the last "several" years... At some point, the people are going to have enough and push back. It also looks to me (as a NON expert in world politics) that the rise of nationalist parties/groups all over Europe and even here in the US... Well it looks familiar to someone who studied history. Professor Tex of the "Black Pants Legion" (mostly BattleTech stuff, but... He is a historian and quite good) had a quote that went along the lines of "History does not often repeat, but it does rhyme"... Like I said, concerning to me, and why I wanted to move my family to the middle of nowhere, TX... But at some point that switch will get flipped and it will be very bad I suspect... But I'm just an engineer, what would I know...
ReplyDeleteSubstitute the word "American" for "English" and orient the poem towards centralized bureaucratic adherents to indeed have an inkling of where we are heading, however, Americans too are patient and willing to exercise law before becoming lawless. The sad part is that those "in power" seem to have forgotten that the law is there to protect them as well as the rest. Keep distorting and twisting it so it becomes a double edged sword. God help us as to whom wields it better.
Delete“Lo, there do I see my father.
ReplyDeleteLo, there do I see my mother,
and my sisters, and my brothers.
Lo, there do I see the line of my people,
Back to the beginning!
thanks for that poem
ReplyDeleteIf the leftoids keep twisting the dial, someone on the right is going to flip the switch.
ReplyDeletei think that woman is very articulate.
ReplyDeleteWarfare is not a hobby with these people, or a tradition. It is an Industry, and Industry is good.
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