If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath,
I'd live with scarlet Majors at the Base,
And speed glum heroes up the line to death.
You'd see me with my puffy petulant face,
Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel,
Reading the Roll of Honour. 'Poor young chap,'
I'd say - 'I used to know his father well;
Yes, we've lost heavily in the last scrap.'
And when the war is done and youth stone dead,
I'd toddle safely home and die - in bed.
[Siegfried Sassoon]
Last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire: Living a low-key, modern-day life in Scotland.
20 September 2008
11 September 2008
Chrichton Castle
[Chrichton Castle, Midlothian. Scotland]
For info see:
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/pathhead/crichtoncastle/index.html
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
-
Could there ever have been any doubt that I was a Roman Emperor? Given that as an adult I have been fatefully unsure of my career path in li...
-
Funny how it seems that some objects have been in the family for ever. The vase below has long been special to me and appears always to h...
-
It seems that 2010 has not been kind to imperial roofs! In late March, the emperor's court was shocked to hear of a ceiling collapse ...