tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post294365958745220423..comments2024-03-09T11:34:22.175+00:00Comments on The History Girls: In a Country Churchyard - by Katherine LangrishMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6519911421866862032014-03-06T11:15:59.034+00:002014-03-06T11:15:59.034+00:00Fabulous! Almost my fave poem in the world...know ...Fabulous! Almost my fave poem in the world...know most of it by heart! Such an interesting post.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62942217419716903602014-03-05T12:28:13.867+00:002014-03-05T12:28:13.867+00:00It's so good to be reminded of this glorious p...It's so good to be reminded of this glorious poem. If I have to have a favourite stanza from this paean to the ordinary man and woman, it is the one that also gave Hardy his most poignant novel title: Far From the Madding Crowd.<br /><br />Our village churchyard holds a new discovery every time I wander among the stones.<br /><br />Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-37973887072804160312014-03-05T03:42:31.579+00:002014-03-05T03:42:31.579+00:00This is a wonderful post, thank you.This is a wonderful post, thank you.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-71599812098034549292014-03-04T21:30:01.249+00:002014-03-04T21:30:01.249+00:00What a lovely post. I love walking through our vil...What a lovely post. I love walking through our village cemetery and reading the gravestones. I always felt a little bit embarrassed about it before, as if I was being a bit too maudlin, but this makes me feel more normal.<br />I've yet to pluck up courage to explore the overgrown forgotten end of the cemetery, mainly because of the wasps' nests that inhabit it in the warmer months of the year. Maybe I'll manage it this year. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-50530712394111608732014-03-04T20:36:37.675+00:002014-03-04T20:36:37.675+00:00My father said that was my English granddad's ...My father said that was my English granddad's favourite poem. I never knew him - he died before I was born, but the poem does give me a little idea of his thoughts, especially the 'full many a flower is born to blush unseen,' so thank you so much for this blog, Kath! I love old graveyards, too; they are so peaceful, and even if the information is lost, perhaps it doesn't matter in the end, because it reflects the way in which 'the spirit shall return to God who gave it' so nothing is lost, not really. Only the temporary shape it formed, for a while, in one human life. Hope I don't sound preachy! More Zen or Daoist than Christian, though..Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30930418065822972472014-03-04T16:39:46.585+00:002014-03-04T16:39:46.585+00:00A beautiful post!
A beautiful post!<br />Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-89863228970325159662014-03-04T08:54:55.907+00:002014-03-04T08:54:55.907+00:00So many years since I read the Elegy - thank you f...So many years since I read the Elegy - thank you for reminding me of it! And the photos - beautiful!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com