Tags : Cromwell

The Grandfather Clock

The Grandfather Clock

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The old Tudor house was half-timbered and gaunt, Was gloomy and dim in the hall, And time had stood still, since my father was born, I..
The Castle of Lost in Time

The Castle of Lost in Time

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The Castle that stood in the farmer’s field Was a grey and battered shrine, As kids we’d clamber the battlements And imag..
Two Pigeons

Two Pigeons

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The farm at Little Rottingdeane Lay fallow for a year, Since Cromwell’s Ironsides had spent The winter, quartered there, The..
Cavaliers To Ride Again At Banagher Fair

Cavaliers To Ride Again At Banagher Fair

A Poem by Tomás Ó C&a..


Banagher Horse Fair dates back to circa 1608, when King Charles I of the House of Stewart granted the rights not alone to the current horse fair, but ..
The Feather Quill

The Feather Quill

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I wish that we’d never found it now, I wish that we’d stayed away, Avoided the twisted mansion that Was fashioned in Crom..
Castle Krake

Castle Krake

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I’d always wanted a castle, soI bought one in the Spring.It wasn’t much of a castle,Overgrown with everything,Ivy covered the castle walls..