A Sigh of Runnymede
Runnymede rivulets stream forth
Through a web of the hand
Fingers stretched apart,
A lock for the vision
So sweet a river was anything ever
So complete at its competition
For the prize and crown
Of a truly peaceful lea
This river to garden
Is an enchantment to me
For you can see the heron there
Who waits for a fishy dish
To peep forth from his lair.
And see you now
The reeds as they arise –
Vegetation grown at ease
With the flash
Of kingfisher blue,
And a triumph in Aqueous leaves renew.
Now a cormorant too will land
Upon this enchanted span
Such to Runnymede
Clear leaps the day,
And from the dust
A misty aroma is known
And on the golden throne
Somewhere eternal sits
Neptune who, at ease
Lets slip the name of his realm –
This maritime god
Knows a fluidic stretch
But within the web
Of one’s fingers
Does stretch into
A twilight of peace
This river to its reach
Meets for a completion
Of bliss.
Oh! What can challenge this?
River Thames at Runnymeade -- Melanie Frobisher
Runnymede rivulets stream forth
Through a web of the hand
Fingers stretched apart,
A lock for the vision
So sweet a river was anything ever
So complete at its competition
For the prize and crown
Of a truly peaceful lea
This river to garden
Is an enchantment to me
For you can see the heron there
Who waits for a fishy dish
To peep forth from his lair.
And see you now
The reeds as they arise –
Vegetation grown at ease
With the flash
Of kingfisher blue,
And a triumph in Aqueous leaves renew.
Now a cormorant too will land
Upon this enchanted span
Such to Runnymede
Clear leaps the day,
And from the dust
A misty aroma is known
And on the golden throne
Somewhere eternal sits
Neptune who, at ease
Lets slip the name of his realm –
This maritime god
Knows a fluidic stretch
But within the web
Of one’s fingers
Does stretch into
A twilight of peace
This river to its reach
Meets for a completion
Of bliss.
Oh! What can challenge this?
River Thames at Runnymeade -- Melanie Frobisher
Runnymede is a water-meadow beside the Thames river, some 20 miles (32 km) west of central London. Its historical significance has been heavily influenced by its proximity to the Roman Road's river crossing at nearby Staines-upon-Thames. Its name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "runieg" (regular meeting) and "mede" (meadow), since the Witan (Witenagemot), the royal council from the 7th to 11th centuries, was held there at times during the reign of Ælfrēd the Great in the 9th century, and in 1215 king Johan of England sealed the Magna Carta at "Ronimed. inter Windlesoram et Stanes" (between Windsor and Staines), so the site has strong connections with the development of constitutional government.
ReplyDeleteNeptune (the English form of Neptunas, the Roman god of the sea, and of horses due to his creation of the chariot with Minerva the virgin goddess of wisdom, music, poetry, medicine, commerce, weaving, and the crafts.) began as a deity of springs, lakes, and rivers before being elevated to the lord over all waters. He married Salachia, the goddess of springs, who ruled over highly mineralized waters. Neptune's own name may have derived from Nethunus, the adjectival form of Nepete (modern Nepi), an Etruscan town near Viterbo, Italia, famous for millennia for the quality of the water of its springs, scattered in meadows (still bottled under the Acqua di Nepi brand). "Nepet" is a hydronymic toponym of pre-Indoeuropean origin meaning "damp wide valley, plain." The Romans conquered the town in 386 BCE. He may have been a cognate of the Romano-British god Nodens and/or the Celtic god Nuadu associated with healing, the sea, hunting and dogs, or Nechtan (who may have been Nuadu himself or his son).
ReplyDeleteIn the 8th century AD it was the seat of a duchy for a short while.[2] During the late 9th to early 10th century, it was, along with much of central Italy, threatened by the Saracens.[3]
before becoming also a god of the sea, as is testified by the numerous findings of inscriptions mentioning him in the proximity of such locations. Servius the grammarian also explicitly states Neptune is in charge of all the rivers, springs and waters. He also is the lord of horses because he worked with Minerva to make the chariot.[19]