Poems Enshrined in His Affections
‘showing that even from such early days these poems had been enshrined in his affections’
~ Emily Daymond
The years have helped us to forget that there
Were times when boys did not have e-games, vids,
And Google, never mind that old-time pair
Of radio and television. Kids
Relied on football, sometimes even verse
For happiness. ‘The Glories of Our Blood
And State’ sent chills through them as strong as curse
Or love. These boys did not require the crud
Of porno films to make them into men.
They read their Milton and their Shakespeare where
Now they’d read their Harry Potter. Back then
They might sit down at night and write “Blest Pair
Of Sirens,’ or a part song, or a fugue.
They’d do this even though they had no Moog.