FIRE Flashcards
(43 cards)
They saw it from the sea
The light, the heat
And the sailors, they thought it was a sunset
Granted, unusual in its radiance,
Its brilliance
-Spilling forth unto the silth
But this was no spectacle from the heavens
It was a fire, ordinary in creation,
But it was growing, catching,
The house on the hill
Was burning
And The girl, she watched
And The girl, she watched
The house on the hills
Was A castle almost in mind
And one didn’t have to visit, to know what lay behind
Its closed doors,
The house on the hills
Was A castle almost in mind
And one didn’t have to visit, to know what lay behind
Its closed doors,
Not when there was always an Aunty in the scullery,
“In the East, they break fast, and in the West they sup”
Not when there was always an Aunty in the scullery,
“In the East, they break fast, and in the West they sup”
A gardener uncle,
“The Second Young Sir has came back from the continent,
and asked of us to toil
the earth to sow the seeds of a flower
he fancied the blossom of-
we haven’t the heart, or nerves,
To tell him they wont take to this Northern soil”
A gardener uncle,
“The Second Young Sir has came back from the continent,
and asked of us to toil
the earth to sow the seeds of a flower
he fancied the blossom of-
we haven’t the heart, or nerves,
To tell him they wont take to this Northern soil”
A cousin with feather duster in her hand
“The Lordship has acquired wonders beyond wonders,
from each Cancer and Capri of the tropics,
And has placed them in each and every well-lit corner ”
A cousin with feather duster in her hand
“The Lordship has acquired wonders beyond wonders,
from each Cancer and Capri of the tropics,
And has placed them in each and every well-lit corner ”
A brother who tended to their horses
“In the stables, they hold banquets and dance,
dance till they collapse and find themselves
in a world turned Down-Side-Up”
A brother who tended to their horses
“In the stables, they hold banquets and dance,
dance till they collapse and find themselves
in a world turned Down-Side-Up”
And aunt, uncle, cousin and brother would come home
And regale all with what they saw,
And heard rushing by in corridors
In homes much smaller than the house on the hill,
And aunt, uncle, cousin and brother would come home
And regale all with what they saw,
And heard rushing by in corridors
In homes much smaller than the house on the hill,
“Lady Such and Such has been presented to court,
And caught the eye of a fine Duke in the South,
As well as a King’s Brother,
Or Cousin,
Or something of the Other”
“Lady Such and Such has been presented to court,
And caught the eye of a fine Duke in the South,
As well as a King’s Brother,
Or Cousin,
Or something of the Other”
“Sir and So has just won his latest battle,
He was first in off the boat,
Found all the French had gone
So was first back on
Now wears 10 gold medals on his velvet tail
coat”
“Sir and So has just won his latest battle,
He was first in off the boat,
Found all the French had gone
So was first back on
Now wears 10 gold medals on his velvet tail
coat”
“A young man is up from town, by name of Bell
To brush up the Lady of the House’s likeness,
I dare say he’s been quite kind with his paint strokes”
“A young man is up from town, by name of Bell
To brush up the Lady of the House’s likeness,
I dare say he’s been quite kind with his paint strokes”
The Youngest Master can now count up each of his silver spoons in Latin”
The Youngest Master can now count up each of his silver spoons in Latin”
A youngster perched on the end of a boney knee,
Listened to each story of lordship and treasury
And thought how much she would like to have silver spoon
To sip at more than just barley
A youngster perched on the end of a boney knee,
Listened to each story of lordship and treasury
And thought how much she would like to have silver spoon
To sip at more than just barley
And the years blundered on
And The house on the hill seemed to only get bigger
And the years blundered on
And The house on the hill seemed to only get bigger
“They want to add a new wing-
“I’ve hear it’s cos his Lordship has had enough of his wife’s attempts to sing”
“It’s actually to hideaway the newest fling”
“They want to add a new wing-
“I’ve hear it’s cos his Lordship has had enough of his wife’s attempts to sing”
“It’s actually to hideaway the newest fling”
Bastards,
Parties, expansions,
Their own Drury Lane Productions
Of the Bard, Done for Parliamentary charade
Othello, Affairs
Unconsecrated sanctums,
Sugar plums, High Tea, Low Tea,
Middle-of-the-afternoon Tea
Bastards,
Parties, expansions,
Their own Drury Lane Productions
Of the Bard, Done for Parliamentary charade
Othello, Affairs
Unconsecrated sanctums,
Sugar plums, High Tea, Low Tea,
Middle-of-the-afternoon Tea
The house on the hill,
Fathers fired salt pans to keep the wax dripping there
Their hands footed their bills,
And the lords canted on,
Until even the salt couldn’t pay for all their fanfare
And then the coal mines couldn’t pay for the newest silverware
The house on the hill,
Fathers fired salt pans to keep the wax dripping there
Their hands footed their bills,
And the lords canted on,
Until even the salt couldn’t pay for all their fanfare
And then the coal mines couldn’t pay for the newest silverware
And so, one by one,
So as not to stop any ball room fun
Each worker was given their marching orders
Cousin was told to hang up her feather duster
Uncle-let the weeds grow their courses
And soon enough, there were no horses,
So need for dear brother either
And Aunt told to take her aprons with her
And so, one by one,
So as not to stop any ball room fun
Each worker was given their marching orders
Cousin was told to hang up her feather duster
Uncle-let the weeds grow their courses
And soon enough, there were no horses,
So need for dear brother either
And Aunt told to take her aprons with her
Then came a Winter that the rivers grew ice
All huddled together,
Gasping and clasping on to a hope,
Not of a god given paradise,
But a little warmth,
a prayer for an early thaw
Then came a Winter that the rivers grew ice
All huddled together,
Gasping and clasping on to a hope,
Not of a god given paradise,
But a little warmth,
a prayer for an early thaw
But in the house on the hill
A new year had just been ushered in
Quieter than previous years, Still
There was fine London gin
That can’t be enjoyed with a chill
But in the house on the hill
A new year had just been ushered in
Quieter than previous years, Still
There was fine London gin
That can’t be enjoyed with a chill
And they would later
Come to blame it on the jackdaws
Sheltering high in the chimney.
Had they not listened for the clattering,
To know they were roosting there
Maybe it all would have been avoided
Or maybe it was heard,
Regardless, a hearth was a lit,
An ember flew up, caught itself on a dry small twig
And the nest-
kindling
And they would later
Come to blame it on the jackdaws
Sheltering high in the chimney.
Had they not listened for the clattering,
To know they were roosting there
Maybe it all would have been avoided
Or maybe it was heard,
Regardless, a hearth was a lit,
An ember flew up, caught itself on a dry small twig
And the nest-
kindling
They saw it from their homes
That had little Light, no Heat
And they saw it for it was
The house on the hill
burning
They saw it from their homes
That had little Light, no Heat
And they saw it for it was
The house on the hill
burning
Led by those who’d been dismissed,
They were Followed up by those
who’d only ever borrowed a glance
As they walked on past to the sluice
Led by those who’d been dismissed,
They were Followed up by those
who’d only ever borrowed a glance
As they walked on past to the sluice
Someone laughed,
“Well I suppose we can warm our hands on that”
All of those years of work
Smoke
pouring up into the night sky
And not a single lady or lord to preside
Someone laughed,
“Well I suppose we can warm our hands on that”
All of those years of work
Smoke
pouring up into the night sky
And not a single lady or lord to preside
“They’ve all left, no one’s inside”
“And they’ve left all their stuff behind…”
An idea. And all at once had it.
