{"id":22,"date":"2016-10-05T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-11-13T05:04:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T05:04:18","slug":"like-the-lake-of-serbonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/like-the-lake-of-serbonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Like the Lake of Serbonia"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nLIKE THE LAKE SERBONIA<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n\u00a9Trev Teasdel April 1971 Coventry.<\/span>
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<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nLike the lake of Serbonia<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u201cWhere armies whole have sunk<\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
\nMyrtle hath withered and died<\/span><\/div>\n
\nNow rides the stormy seas and a sateless junk.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth, lala la laa<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth lala la laa<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth lala la laa la<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTurtle dove bewitched by a nova<\/span><\/div>\n
\nVerdant pastures doth seek<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI, now bewept in a sable cloud<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTo espy she with her Wassermann coming cleek.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth, lala la laa<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth lala la laa<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth lala la laa la<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nNight prowler ploughed the blue ground of your heart<\/span><\/div>\n
\nDelighted by the lustre of what he found<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTruly chameleon thou art.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth, lala la laa<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth lala la laa<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth lala la laa la<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nDeeply dreaming dreams of the Phoenix,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAs the pigs fly by.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nHigh lone and betwixt the pits and the snarling sky.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth, lala la laa<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth lala la laa<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOh my Ruth lala la laa la<\/span><\/div>\n


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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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….<\/span>
\nA song about love in a T Rex style and using an archaic diction, triggered by reading about the Serbonian bog where, according to Milton “\u201cWhere armies whole have sunk\u201d. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serbonian_Bog<\/span>
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\nMyrtle is symbolic of eternal love, ‘blue ground’<\/span>
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\n‘Blue Ground’ <\/b>refers to<\/span>
\n“Rough, natural diamonds are often hidden in dark grey or black volcanic rock, named ‘kimberlite’, which is also known as \u2018blue ground\u2019. Because the rock is located in an unlimited depth and comes with a great speed towards the earth\u2019s crust, it forms crater pipes. The name ‘kimberlite’ is derived from Kimberley, a town in South Africa, named after Lord Kimberley, at the time, the British Colonial Secretary, where diamond discovery was enormously high. Australia and Russia are also known as prominent sites for diamonds.” https:\/\/www.baunat.com\/en\/faq\/blue-ground<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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