tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post5789992222707664319..comments2024-03-12T09:50:29.314+00:00Comments on Essays and Diversions: I had a dream.....Richard Gibbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01474252371842160766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7335761951292462061.post-42374344308884821132020-11-07T09:23:02.721+00:002020-11-07T09:23:02.721+00:00In Breughel's Icarus, for instance: how everyt...In Breughel's Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away<br />Quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may<br />Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry,<br />But for him it was not an important failure; the sun shone<br />As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green<br />Water, and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen<br />Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky,<br />Had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on.Simon Mawerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00444779776239440836noreply@blogger.com