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May. 16th, 2009 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_elyanIn a bid to avoid the Eurovision Song Contest, I am enjoying a programme about music of an altogether headier kind - the glorious poetry and chaotic life of Dylan Thomas, on BBC4.
Not convinced? Read this:
In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed
With all their griefs in their arms
I labour by singing light
Not for ambition or bread
Or the strut and trade of charms
On the ivory stages
But for the common wages
Of their most secret heart.
Not for the proud man apart
From the raging moon I write
On these spindrift pages
Nor for the towering dead
With their nightingales and psalms
But for the lovers, their arms
Round the griefs of the ages,
Who pay no praise or wages
Nor heed my craft or art.
See?
I thoroughly recommend visiting Laugharne if you get chance. It isn't quite Llareggub, but it's not far off.
ETA: The continuation of watching other stuff currently brings me to the episode of HIGNFY which was hosted by Brian Blessed (HURRAH!). It's the first thing I've watched on Dave for a long time - you watch the profile of the advertising break, and you can tell quite quickly that it's a channel aimed at Men...
Not convinced? Read this:
In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed
With all their griefs in their arms
I labour by singing light
Not for ambition or bread
Or the strut and trade of charms
On the ivory stages
But for the common wages
Of their most secret heart.
Not for the proud man apart
From the raging moon I write
On these spindrift pages
Nor for the towering dead
With their nightingales and psalms
But for the lovers, their arms
Round the griefs of the ages,
Who pay no praise or wages
Nor heed my craft or art.
See?
I thoroughly recommend visiting Laugharne if you get chance. It isn't quite Llareggub, but it's not far off.
ETA: The continuation of watching other stuff currently brings me to the episode of HIGNFY which was hosted by Brian Blessed (HURRAH!). It's the first thing I've watched on Dave for a long time - you watch the profile of the advertising break, and you can tell quite quickly that it's a channel aimed at Men...
