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Showing posts with label "This Blessed Plot. This Earth. This Realm. This England". Shakespeare. King Richard II. Very Lynn.. Show all posts
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Saturday 27 June 2015

"This Blessed Plot. This Earth. This Realm. This England."



Bikes for District Nurses.
Illustration: TE ARA



The District Nurse.
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The English Village Green.
Illustration: VULCAN TO THE SKY TRUST



"When I Grow Too Old To Dream".
Sung by Very Lynn.
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Igtham Mote, Kent.



London-on-Sea: A mother and her two children enjoy a beach picnic on the River Thames, near Tower Bridge, London, in 1955. Photograph: John Drysdale/Getty Images.
Illustration: THE GUARDIAN



Terry's Confectionery Shop,
York, England.


This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, 
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, 

This other Eden, demi-paradise, 
This fortress built by Nature for herself 

Against infection and the hand of war, 
This happy breed of men, this little world, 

This precious stone set in the silver sea, 
Which serves it in the office of a wall 

Or as a moat defensive to a house, 
Against the envy of less happier lands,-- 

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm,
this England.

William Shakespeare, "King Richard II", Act 2 scene 1
Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616).
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"Land of Hope and Glory".
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