English Folk Verse (c.1870) - The Fifth of November Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! That's the only portion of this poem I have known up until now, however this year I came across the rest which I have to say I am not in complete agreeance with. Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To blow the King and Parliament All up alive. Threescore barrels, laid below, To prove old England's overthrow. But, by God's providence, him they catch, With a dark lantern, lighting a match! A stick and a stake...
I think the saying goes a weed is only a weed if it is in the wrong place.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture and the colour combination purple against the green is lovely.
Lovely picture, but how donkeys manage to eat those things is beyond me!
ReplyDeleteThank you both. It was prickly enough just getting this close let alone eating them. Although if donkeys mouths are anything like cows mouths I understand. Cows tongues are like leather coated in sandpaper!
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