Saturday, January 3, 2015

This was a comment on another site

And it put me into some seriously deep thought about what is happening in this nation today:

THE WRATH OF THE AWAKENED SAXON
by Rudyard Kipling
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the Saxon began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy — willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the Saxon began to hate.
Their voices were even and low.
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd.
It was not taught by the state.
No man spoke it aloud
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred.
It will not swiftly abate.
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the Saxon began to hate.

That really made me sit and think. You?
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2 comments:

  1. Linda FoxJan 3, 2015, 4:21:00 PM

    Yeah, that's the basic character of the Saxon type - slow to anger, placid and even-tempered.

    Until he hits the flashpoint.

    Then, Katie bar the door.

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  2. cmblake6Jan 8, 2015, 7:08:00 AM

    Bingo, Linda.

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