by phillipw | May 25, 2020 | ET, HU, OX, PA
While Still at Eton He Became the Youngest Ever to Take a Bachelor of Music at Oxford University His Eton life was one variety Upon another. Many genres came From him. He almost had a piety About his football, playing every game (Or nearly), ending senior keeper of...
by phillipw | May 25, 2020 | ET, HU, MU, PA
A Lively Hope– A sonnet sequence on the childhood, Eton College years, and music of Sir Hubert Parry [FOR AN ILLUSTRATED VERSION OF THIS SONNET SEQUENCE GO TO https://classicalpoets.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/A-Lively-Hope.pdf where it was first...
by phillipw | May 24, 2020 | AL, CH, EL, KI, PH, PR, WI
Simian Wound to Greece “The new Greek king, Alexander, … was out walking his wolfhound, Fritz … and the dog was attacked by a tame Spanish monkey. While trying to release the monkey from Fritz’s teeth, the king was attacked by its mate and severely bitten...
by phillipw | May 24, 2020 | BA, PH, PR, WH, WI
The Little Prince Who Grew Like me he grew up slim and sturdy, blond As Greece or Florida in sun. He crawled And stood up. Women around us were fond Of gold smiles, Philip and Phillip. They mauled Us with their cuddling kisses. We were fine, Right through it all,...
by phillipw | May 24, 2020 | AR, FO, HE, LO, PH, PR, QU
Arcachon, Summer, 1923, White-Blond Hair “quite too adorable for words, a perfect pet, so grown up & speaks quite a lot & uses grand phrases. He is the sturdiest little boy I have ever seen & I can’t say he is spoilt.’ ~ Louise, Queen of Sweden,...
