The finished film will give students a fun introduction to Victorian nature writer Richard Jefferies before they arrive for their visit to The Richard Jefferies Museum.
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Till my soul is full of longing
For the secret of the sea,
And the heart of the great ocean
Sends a thrilling pulse through me.
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In each sail that skims the horizon,
In each landward-blowing breeze,
I behold that stately galley,
Hear those mournful melodies;
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"Woudst thou,"--so the helmsman answered,--
"Learn the secret of the sea?
Only those who brave its dangers
Comprehend its mystery!"
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Till his soul was full of longing,
And he cried, with impulse strong,--
"Helmsman! for the love of heaven,
Teach me, too, that wondrous song!"
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How he heard the ancient helmsman
Chant a song so wild and clear,
That the sailing sea-bird slowly
Poised upon the mast to hear,
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Telling how the Count Arnaldos,
With his hawk upon his hand,
Saw a fair and stately galley,
Steering onward to the land;--
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Like the long waves on a sea-beach,
Where the sand as silver shines
With a soft, monotonous cadence,
Flow its unrhymed lyric lines;--
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Most of all, the Spanish ballad
Haunts me oft, and tarries long,
Of the noble Count Arnaldos
And the sailor's mystic song.
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Sails of silk and ropes of sandal,
Such as gleam in ancient lore;
And the singing of the sailors,
And the answer from the shore!
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Ah! what pleasant visions haunt me
As I gaze upon the sea!
All the old romantic legends,
All my dreams, come back to me.
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I bet it's time. I was struck, making use of the Dante site Columbia University has built for its Core Program, by the quality of Longfellow's Divine Comedy. Now I'm about to post the poem #Bevis sings stanzas from in #RichardJefferies, and looking forward to it.
THE SECRET OF THE SEA
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Kyng Estmere tooke that fayre ladye,
And marryed her to his wiffe,
And brought her home to merry England,
With her to leade his life.
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And aye their swordes soe sore can byte,
Throughe helpe of gramarye,
That soone they have slayne the kempery men,
Or forst them forth to flee.
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Kyng Estmere threwe the harp asyde,
And swith he drew his brand,
And Estmere he and Adler Yonge,
Right stiffe in stour can stand.
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Up then rose the kemperye men,
And loud they gan to crye:
"Ah traytors, yee have slayne our kyng,
And therefore yee shall dye."
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The ladye looked, the ladye blushte,
And blushte and lookt agayne,
While Adler he had drawne his brande,
And hath the sowdan slayne.
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"O ladye this is thy owne true love,
As playnlye thou mayest see,
And Ile rid thee of that foule paynim
Who partes thy love and thee."
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Hee played agayne both loud and shrille,
And Adler he did syng,
"O ladye, this is thy owne true love,
Noe harper, but a kyng.
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"And what wold ye doe with my bryde soe gay,
Iff I did sell her thee?
More seemelye it is for her fayre bodye
To lye by mee then thee."
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"Now sell me," quoth hee, "thy bryde soe gay,
As shee sitts by thy knee;
And as many gold nobles I will give
As leaves been on a tree."
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"What wold ye doe with my harpe," he sayd,
"If I did sell itt yee?"
"To playe my wiffe and me a fitt,
When abed together wee bee."
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Saies, Sell me thy harpe, thou proud harper,
And thy stringos all;
For as many gold nobles thou shalt have
As heere bee ringes in the hall."
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He stroake upon his harpe againe,
And playd a pretty thinge;
The ladye lough a loud laughter,
As shee sate by the king.
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"Stay thy harpe, thou proud harper,
For Gods love I pray thee;
For and thou playes as thou beginns,
Thou'lt till my bryde from mee."
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Then Kyng Estmere pulld forth his harpe;
And plaid a pretty thinge;
The ladye upstart from the borde,
And wold have gone from the king.
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"And how nowe, kempe," said the kyng of Spaine,
"And how, what aileth thee?"
He saies, Itt is writt in his forhead,
All and in gramarye,
That for all the gold that is under heaven,
I dare not neigh him nye.
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Downe then came the kemperye man,
And looked him in the eare;
For all the gold that was under heaven
He durst not neigh him neare.
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"O let that man come downe," he said,
"A sight of him wold I see;
And when hee hath beaten well my ladd,
Then he shall beate of mee."
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