This song perfectly evokes pre-war heroism… the stoicism… the patriotic fondness for one’s homeland… the gorgeous musical arrangements…
It reminds me of Rupert Brooke’s The Soldier… and suggests an heroic tale Achilles might have sung!
I know it’s terribly English… But the Greeks were terribly Greek… :o)
(nb. Kate was born in Kent, and Kent is known as The Garden of England.)
This song perfectly evokes pre-war heroism… the stoicism… the patriotic fondness for one’s homeland… the gorgeous musical arrangements…
It reminds me of Rupert Brooke’s The Soldier… and suggests an heroic tale Achilles might have sung! I know it’s terribly English… But the Greeks were terribly Greek… :o)
(nb. Kate was born in Kent, and Kent is known as The Garden of England.)