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G|mp · 11 Nov 2011 at 19:22

meh? said:
Dont the SAS have a poem based on this??

No they dont LOL..... I was thinking of The Golden Journey to Samarkand (1913)

We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go
Always a little further: it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow,
Across that angry or that glimmering sea,

White on a throne or guarded in a cave
There lives a prophet who can understand
Why men were born: but surely we are brave,
Who take the Golden Road to Samarkand.

Sweet to ride forth at evening from the wells
When shadows pass gigantic on the sand,
And softly through the silence beat the bells
Along the Golden Road to Samarkand.

We travel not for trafficking alone;
By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned:
For lust of knowing what should not be known
We make the Golden Journey to Samarkand.

Etched into the clock in the SAS base in Hereford.

Have a picture I took on remembrance day a couple of years ago.

Lopéz · 11 Nov 2011 at 19:29

Gilly said:
I get choked reading this. I read it for the first time in ages last night. Just thought I'd share it.

Read it out loud if you can. So much more powerful.

I know someone who has it framed in their hallway, and I cannot for the life of me remember who it is.

flibbage0 · 11 Nov 2011 at 19:32

How many of you try to follow it in everyday life?

semi-pro waster · 11 Nov 2011 at 19:47

It is a great poem for the message it gives, you won't always manage to live up to the ideals but it's certainly a worthy set of principles.

Mr Kipling was also the owner of a very fine moustache appropriately enough given the month.

George Hincapie · 11 Nov 2011 at 19:49

G|mp said:
Etched into the clock in the SAS base in Hereford.

O'Rly?

What colour's the boat house?

Bloomfield · 11 Nov 2011 at 19:51

Fred said:
Nope, can only get to the 3rd line before my eyes glaze over

I got to the fourth line

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G|mp · 11 Nov 2011 at 19:55

George Hincapie said:
O'Rly?

What colour's the boat house?

Ask Sean Bean.

joey1211 · 11 Nov 2011 at 20:11

Grandpa Simpson recites this in an episode.

B@Th*nG · 11 Nov 2011 at 20:12

reminds me of mike bassett - england manager. hehe

B@

JBod · 11 Nov 2011 at 20:52

anticonscience said:
He writes exceedingly good poems.

Thread saved.

benftl · 12 Nov 2011 at 21:43

Yeah that's a thought provoking poem, Gilly. Allow me share one of my personal favourites:

Go, go Power Rangers!
Go, go Power Rangers!
Go, go Power Rangers! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

Go, go Power Rangers!
Go, go Power Rangers! Go, go Power Rangers! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

"Power Rangers Zeo"

Stronger than before! (Go Zeo!)
Powered up for more! (Go Zeo!)
Rangers at the core! (Zeo!)
Power Rangers!

Zeeee-ooooo

Higher they can soar! (Go Zeo!)
Fired up for more! (Go Zeo!)
Even out the score! (Zeo! Zeo!)

Go, go Power Rangers!
Go, go Power Rangers!
Go, go Power Rangers!
Zeo! Power Rangers!

I liked the white ranger best.

s0ck · 12 Nov 2011 at 21:56

I seem to have the power rangers theme tune burned into my memory ;/

Barbie · 12 Nov 2011 at 22:11

The best version i saw

davethe11 · 12 Nov 2011 at 22:13

Gilly said:
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies

that's a great line.