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Eastwell Effluence: A Remembrance Of Richard Plantagenet, Or Richard Of Eastwell
[in memory of Richard Plantagenet of Eastwell,
and of the bards---Carnhuanawc, Ab Ithel, and Elvynydd]
Old Richard, whom we called the Latinaire
because he read old Roman Poetry
before and after work, and during breaks.
He said it was a habit from his youth,
and that those Roman Poets told a truth
that no local ridiculousness shakes.
He told us once---long as someone, somewhere,
could offer to our Lord Jesus a prayer,
the whole world would not be given, finally,
to that dread Prince of Powers that haunt the air;
and that any of us (the likes of me,
even, despite my innate lack of couth,
of which I am reminded much) can be
that praying person who staves off the lurch
of that great Beast and his lurking intruders
(whom Richard likened to these upstart Tudors).
He said God would bless us abundantly
even to using human perfidy
for good, like King Henry's adultery
(which, unrepented, could effect damnation)
that brought, to England's faithful, restoration
of our most ancient and enscriptured Church.
Starward
