19th May, 2020 – Ode to a Nightingale
Episode description
Five minutes of civilised calm, recorded in the peace of the English countryside. Sign up at https://marcsalmanac.substack.com
With an extract from Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats.
"I cannot see what flowers are at my feet,
Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs..."
From the show:
On this day: 19th May, 988 – The death of Dunstan, politician, priest, silversmith and scholar, who pulled the devil by the nose with red-hot tongs
On this day: 19th May, 1649 – England is declared a Commonwealth and will remain a republic for 11 years
Music to wake you up – Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles
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