Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
3 comments:
Thanks for this - I hadn't heard him since college, a side story on a term paper on the roots of blues and rock'n'roll.
I'd nearly forgotten how good he was. You probably already know, but he was called "Lightnin'" because he was struck by lightning as a young man.
Hopkins is the man I most associate with this song, even though he didn't write it. It's nice to hear it played at such a slow tempo here.
That went down good with this cup of coffee this morning.
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