Quiz - Wed 23rd Sept 09

angieh · 23-09-2009, 08:34 PM

What's that from Eileen????

yola · 23-09-2009, 08:34 PM

I love european cinema, but especially both British and Italian cinema from the 50s ad 60s; they are such snap shots of a fast-changing society gone forever.

yola · 23-09-2009, 08:35 PM

That's a lovely extract Eileen. Is sounds familiar - not so much the words but the rythm of the words . . .

angieh · 23-09-2009, 08:35 PM

Yes, I agree Yola - I have seen a few Italian films from that era. Wonderfully evocative.

dandysmom · 23-09-2009, 08:36 PM

Don't remember, Angie, will look it up after the game. I reversed lines two and three...

calismum · 23-09-2009, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dandysmom

I remember this poem which to me is so evocative of England.....

For the field is full of shades as I near the shadowy coast
And I look thru my tears at the soundless clapping hosts
And a ghostly batter (something) to the bowling of a ghost
As the run stealers flicker to and fro
Oh my Hornby and my Barlow long ago ....

"At Lord's" by Francis Thompson

It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
Though my own red roses there may blow;
It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
Though the red roses crest the caps, I know.
For the field is full of shades as I near a shadowy coast,
And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,
And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host
As the run-stealers flicker to and fro,
To and fro:
Oh my Hornby and my Barlow long ago!

dandysmom · 23-09-2009, 08:38 PM

Thanks, CM! For some odd reason I've always loved that (even if slightly misquoted!)

yola · 23-09-2009, 08:38 PM

Beautiful. Yes - it describes England perfectly. Or rather the idyll of a past England - the reality is somewhat broader in terms of cultural influence now.

calismum · 23-09-2009, 08:39 PM

Witch Hazel it was.

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angieh · 23-09-2009, 08:40 PM

I've just Googled. An earlier poem than I actually thought.

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