There is poetry all around us and we are narrators, story-tellers, explorers of the human condition. It begins before we know it and the power of words can change the world. Emotions are expressions, as fleeting as a cloud on a windy day. As sullen as a stormy sky and as awe inspiring as a sunset or sunrise.

The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio (Song of the Battle of Hastings) is a 20th-century name for the Carmen Widonis, the earliest history of the Norman invasion of England from September to December 1066, in Latin.

May 2, 2015 · I'll tell of the Battle of Hastings, As happened in days long gone by, When Duke William became King of England, And 'Arold got shot in the eye. It were this way; one day in October.

One of the earliest poems dedicated to the Battle of Hastings, Michael Drayton's piece beautifully captures the intensity of the conflict. Drayton, a renowned Elizabethan poet, describes the struggle between the English and Norman forces with vivid imagery and powerful metaphors.

Duncaniandavid - The first and last verses of this poem where taught to me by my mother. She had learnt it at school to remember the dates of William becoming ruler and his death.

In this poem, Marriott Edgar compares the battle to a football match where England lost, one-nil. And if you've ever seen a Bexhill United match, you'll realise England didn't have much of a chance. This poem should be spoken with a crisp Northern accent; not a Sussex drawl.

The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio (Song of the battle of Hastings) is an early written source for the Norman invasion of England in September through December 1066; attributed to Bishop Guy of Amiens, uncle to Count Guy of Ponthieu, who figures rather prominently in the Bayeux Tapestry as the vassal of Duke William of Normandy who captured Harold ...

Sep 9, 2010 · Poem "The Battle of Hastings" Deeply the Abbot of Waltham sighed When he heard the news of woe: How King Harold had come to a pitiful end, And on Hastings field lay low. Asgod and Ailrik, two of his monks, On the mission drear he sped To search for the corse on the battle-plain Among the bloody dead. The monks arose and went sadly forth,

William defeated the army of Saxon king Godwineson at the Battle of Hastings on October 14 1066; thus William was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066.

Shouting - 'Hands up who's coming to England.' That was swank 'cos they hadn't no choice. They arrived at a place called Bexhill. You've got here just six weeks too late.' I'll be wanting to use …