Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon;
let the brow o'erwhelm it.
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
-William Shakespeare - King Henry V
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon;
let the brow o'erwhelm it.
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
-William Shakespeare - King Henry V
11 comments:
It's still the truth today...
Old NFO - indeed.
Very hot here, no a.c. in the house which makes for a miserable night and a less than steller afternoon. Not supposed to cool down for days. ugh.
But I can say, one is never two old to jump into the river under a covered bridge to cool off.
Another type of cannonball that never goes out of style.
A weapon, a gun, cold blue steel, bullets within, what sexy pictures you tease with.
A weapon, a gun, cold blue steel, bullets within, what sexy pictures you tease with.
Ol Hank. Never gets old does it? That was a big dinner table favorite when I was growing up. (Shakespere quotes being a favorite of my Dad's, he being a doctor and all).
"Imitate the actions of a iger"however usually led to my Mother's saying "You bots, please cut it out".
My #2 favorite, after Much Ado About Nothing.
Both types of cannonballing are fun.
Patrick - it's a pretty firearm isn't it?
JC - sounds like a fun dinner table to be around.
It dropped back into the upper 80's today. Yay!
The revolver isn't just pretty, it is a work of art.
And those words echo today. I never saw 'official' combat. Served in the navy on a cruiser, sub, and a tender. To this day I still tense up at the memory of unexpected sonar pulses clearly heard inside the hull, and hearing a homing torpedo pass by in the engine room, even though it was almost 35 years ago. But that was nothing compared to what the special forces and others were doing in that time frame. But none of us can talk about what went on. There is a book,'Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story Of American Submarine Espionage', that most would find incredible but really just scratches the surface. I work for the Army now, and what service members are doing in the sand box is amazing and unappreciated by the general public. Their valor should not be forgotten.
From an ex-nuke.
Ah, for Saint George and England!
Well chosen.........
james - thank you. He won't talk about it either, not a word. Big Bro was on the Sea Wolf and the Halibut. I know the book well, as he gave us all a copy. He works for electric boat now, stuff he still can't talk about it. (this was the kid who did his grade school science project on missile guidance, while the other kids were doing bugs and "our friend Mr. Sun".) We haven't changed much. Bless you for your service.
The revolver - it sits by the bed, if the .45 doesn't take out an armed burgler I'll get them with cap and ball (or the samurai sword)
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