Tag Archives: Walter Scott

In Defiance of Augury

Posted on June 28, 2014 by cwny

The utopian liberal (a redundancy because all liberals are utopians) builds his castle with the bricks and mortar of unreality. He lives in mortal fear of losing even one brick from his castle of unreality, so he employs masons to … Continue reading →

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Laying to Rest the Speculative European

Posted on May 31, 2014 by cwny

“I can live no longer by thinking.” – Orlando, As You Like it __________ The democratic movements throughout Europe in the 1840s were extensions of the French Revolution that Burke warned would envelop all of Europe if the Jacobin snake … Continue reading →

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The Lay of the European Minstrel

Posted on April 12, 2014 by cwny

Hush’d is the harp: the Minstrel gone.And did he wander forth alone?Alone, in indigence and age,To linger out his pilgrimage?No; close beneath proud Newark’s tower,Arose the Minstrel’s lowly bower;A simple hut; but there was seenThe little garden hedged with green,The … Continue reading →

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The Love That Never Falters

Posted on February 22, 2014 by cwny

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above, Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love; The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test, That lays upon the altar the dearest and … Continue reading →

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O Nation Miserable

Posted on January 19, 2013 by cwny

Endeavoring to persuade the people that they are no better than beasts, the whole body of their institution tends to make them beasts of prey, furious and savage. – Burke __________ I don’t like science fiction movies, and with very … Continue reading →

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My People

Posted on October 27, 2012 by cwny

When the  tempest ‘s at the loudest, On its gale the eagle rides; When the ocean rolls the proudest, Through the foam the sea-bird glides– All the rage of wind and sea Is subdued by constancy. -Scott __________ I recently … Continue reading →

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Many Are They That Rise Up Against Us

Posted on October 6, 2012 by cwny

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken … Continue reading →

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On Scott’s Birthday

Posted on August 4, 2012 by cwny

Canto Sixth Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne’er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on … Continue reading →

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The Return

Posted on April 28, 2012 by cwny

Home! That was what they meant, those caressing appeals, those soft touches wafted through the air…” — The Wind in the Willows __________ Donald Davidson lived long enough to be condemned by his fellow Southerners and Northern liberals as a … Continue reading →

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And There Reigns Love

Posted on April 14, 2012 by cwny

“O, God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.” __________ I had a religious studies professor in college … Continue reading →

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