About Our Words: Christmas, 1924
A wry rhyme written by Ron Pataky reminded John Kilburn, Easingwold, North Yorkshire, of a Thomas Hardy quatrain.
John writes:
Ron Pataky's poem reminds me of Thomas Hardy's well-known quatrain, entitled simply "Christmas, 1924.\".
"Peace upon earth!' was said. We sing it,
And pay a million priests to bring it.
After two thousand years of mass
We 've got as far as poison-gas."
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