Friday, January 3, 2003

The Pipes At Lucknow Comments

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Pipes of the misty moorlands,
Voice of the glens and hills;
The droning of the torrents,
The treble of the rills!
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John Greenleaf Whittier
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Ray Moore 27 October 2014

lt's a wonderful poem, l am enriched by reading it.

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Gay Clark 04 July 2007

My Dad used to recite this poem many years ago when I was little in 1940s early 50s. I could imagine the people in the Black Hole of Calcutta and remember many lines 'Day by day the Indian Tiger Louder yelled, and nearer crept; .. 'Pray for rescue, wives and mother, - Pray to-day! ' the soldier said.' It is a poem I love and can picture vividly. Thank you to whoever raised my father's interest in poetry.

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