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29th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1758 Horatio Nelson (British admiral, Hero of Trafalgar)
Died:
2010 Tony Curtis (actor)
On This Day:
1966 Botswana gains independence (from Britain – was Bechuanaland)
Have a good Saturday, 29th September
The Conflict
I sang as one
Who on a tilting deck sings
To keep their courage up, thought the wave hangs
That shall cut off their sun.
As storm-cocks sing,
Flinging their natural answer in the wind’s teeth,
And care not if it is waste of breath
Or birth-control of spring.
As ocean-flyer clings
To height, to the last drop of spirit driving on
While yet ahead is land to be won
And work for wings.
Singing I was at peace,
Above the clouds, outside the ring:
For sorrow finds a swift release in song
And pride in poise.
Yet living here,
As one between two massive powers I live
Whom neutrality cannot save
Nor occupation cheer.
None such shall be left alive:
The innocent wing is soon shot down,
And private stars fade in the blood-red dawn
Where two worlds strive.
The red advance of life
Contracts pride, calls out the common blood,
Beats song into a single-blade,
Makes a depth-charge of grief.
Move then with new desires,
For where we used to build and love
Is no man’s land, and only ghosts can live
Between two fires.
– Cecil Day Lewis
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15th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1563 Galileo Galilei (astronomer often called the Father of Science)
Died:
1965 Nat King Cole (singer)
On This Day
1939 German battleship “Bismarck” is launched
Have a good Thursday, 15th February
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