Eleanor Farjeon "Night " Poem animation

Heres a virtual movie of Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965) reading her lovely unforgetable poem "Night" first published around 1922. These days, Eleanor Farjeon's most widely known work is the popular children's hymn Morning has Broken, written in 1931 for an old Gaelic tune associated with the Scottish village Bunessan. It was later popularized by the folk singer Cat Stevens. Her other popular hymn is the Advent carol People, Look East!, usually sung to an old French melody, and a favourite with children's choirs. Morning has Broken is one of the many poems to be found in the anthology Children's Bells under its correct title A Morning Song (For the First Day of Spring), published by Oxford University Press in 1957 and bringing together poems from many sources, including the Martin Pippin books. One of Farjeon's poetic talents was to make history easy and memorable. In poetry that is varied, witty and picturesque, Farjeon presents the saints, the kings, the tyrants and the notable events in forms that fixed them in the minds of the young reader. Her historic poems range from King Priam, who in rhyming couplets begs his son's body from Achilles, and King John being forced by the relentless barons to sign the Magna Carta, to Joseph the carpenter wondering over the future of the little Christ Child that he can hold in the span of his two hands.

Eleanor Farjeon (pronounced /ˈfɑrdʒən/) (13 February 1881 -- 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers.

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Jim Clark
All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2011

Night

Night can be a gypsy
In a torn worn hood,
And a rough gruff voice,
And a dark stark mood,
And holes in her hovel in a dank rank wood.
Lest she steal me away
To the wastes of the sky
I'll hide from the gypsy
When the wind rides high.

Night can be a queen
In a blue velvet gown,
With a pearl on her brow
And diamonds in her crown,
And a silky silver train lined with swan-white
down.

To sing and to play
In the courts of the sky
Til bow to the queen
When the moon rides high.

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[Schnitzelschitzen]

Throughout the history of the world countless words have been breathed into existance whether good or bad or even hurting towards others, yet this magnificent lady was able to capture meaningful words that shaped the hearts of the worlds great vast peoples to uplift and redeem us from our evil potential and create a dignified humanity.

[shitbagsmith]

This poet, this magnificent mind. I can scarcely hold back my tears to have finally met this master of word weaving, this sweet genius who was truly gifted by God. Though she is gone, her words will live on from generation to generation, I am sure of that.