I think they need to have more men in plumed helmets. I counted scarcely 200.
fishhead06 4 months ago
Absolutely brilliant. The images powerfully evoke Elgar's "stately sorrow." Thank you for this.
Troy Duncan
troyte98 8 months ago
@troyte98 - and thanks to you too!
Yeats called it "heroic melancholy," Anthony Payne calls it "noble resignation," but Elgar's own phrase, "stately sorrow" is probably the best summing up.
vinteui1 8 months ago
I think they need to have more men in plumed helmets. I counted scarcely 200.
fishhead06 4 months ago
Absolutely brilliant. The images powerfully evoke Elgar's "stately sorrow." Thank you for this.
Troy Duncan
troyte98 8 months ago
@troyte98 - and thanks to you too!
Yeats called it "heroic melancholy," Anthony Payne calls it "noble resignation," but Elgar's own phrase, "stately sorrow" is probably the best summing up.
vinteui1 8 months ago