The Pavillion End
The sightscreen slightly to his right
Old Tom enjoys a perfect sight
Of swing and bounce and turn and flight
At the pavilion end
He never sits beneath the tree:
True cricketers should always be
Behind the ‘arm where they can see
At the pavilion end
The bowling might as well be wide
To those who watch it from the side
Thank goodness they have never tried
At the pavilion end
Next-in batsmen come to say
"What’s the bowling like today?"
The teapot’s never far away
At the pavilion end
Time was when he would turn his arm
With guile, variety and charm
But now he sits beyond all harm
At the pavilion end
Some day when things are not the same
A wooden bench shall bear his name –
"Tom Brown, who always watched the game
At the pavilion end".
By Arthur Salway
Sara
8th June 2018
From "The Journey of Life" - Winston Churchill
Let us be contented with what has happened and be thankful for all that we have been spared.
Let us accept the natural order of things in which we move.
Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time.
Let us treasure our joys but not bewail our sorrows.
The glory of light cannot exist without its shadows.
Life is a whole, and good and ill must be accepted together.
The journey has been enjoyable and well worth making
Sara
8th June 2018
Crossing the Bar
BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
Sara
8th June 2018