“The Tumult and the Shouting Dies…”

“The Tumult and the shouting dies, / The captains and the kings depart…” Rudyard Kipling wrote in his unforgettable poem “Lest We Forget” (“Recessional”) King George departed even before the tumult had died. His helicopter carried him away over the horizon, just as his trusty steed carries the cowboy into the sunset at the end … Continue reading “The Tumult and the Shouting Dies…”