So. It's Sunday night. I'm tired. I was going to post something longer tonight, but it will have to wait until tomorrow. Instead, a little bit of trivia. The homeschool group that I occasionally do things with will be attending a puppet show that will be featuring, among other poems, The Pied Piper of Hamelin. So did you know that I am descended from the children that Pied Piper of Hamelin led away? Really! :) I have mentioned on this blog before that my grandfather's people are Transylvanian Saxons. The last two stanzas of The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town, by Robert Browning, are:
"In Transylvania there's a tribe
Of alien people who ascribe
The outlandish ways and dress
On which their neighbours lay such stress,
To their fathers and mothers having risen
Out of some subterraneous prison
Into which they were trepanned
Long time ago in a mighty band
Out of Hamelin town in Brunswick land,
But how or why, they don't understand."
Legend has it that this tribe is the Transylvanian Saxons. Neat, huh?
6 comments:
uhm.... poetry. Ok.
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade Which waves in every raven tress,Or softly lightens o'er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
Poetry and manicured hands, Dave? *tis* a very nice poem though.
how 'bout....
there once was a man from Nantucket.
ooops. never mind.
how cool is that? the only legend we have in my family is that the great-grandfather was one of the founding members of the IRA - back before they started hating everyone that wasn't Catholic.
yeah. I rock.
I didn't write it though.
*she walks in beauty* originally penned by lord byron, nicked by dave and .... it's also a line in a song written by kevin prosch of black peppercorns fame.... one very cool song. oh, i just googled him, didn't realise he's a christian. at least, i think i didn't...
now, barb: *how* can you be descended from the children that the pied piper kidnapped if he led them all into the side of a mountain, never to be seen again?????????????
i'll be happy with a *blonde* explanation..........
Well, Kate,there actually is a cave called The Pied Piper's Cave in Transylvania from which the kids who were led away by the Pied Piper are supposed to have emerged. We have all the bases covered, you see. You can see a piccie of the Pied Piper's cave here.
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