David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.


27 December 2018

Cup of Destiny


Ota NANPO (1749-1823)
Cup of Destiny - lyrics


collection FIAPCE 

Amyl and the Sniffers (2016-
Cup of Destiny - lyrics

[Chorus]
I drank from the right glass
I’m takin’ the right path
But it is testing me
I'll have the last laugh
Down at the work task
They’ll get the best of me
Oh, the cup of destiny
I drank from the right glass
I'm takin' the right path
But it is testing me
I'll have the last laugh
Down at the work task
They’ll get the best of me
Oh, the cup of destiny

[Verse]
Well you never really know it till it hits ya
You see it in your face, an old school picture
You pour yourself one every night
It doesn't mean that you're wrong or right
Look at the bottle, look at the glass
There is your future, there is your past
It all makes sense when you get some
It doesn't matter if you're old or all done
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