Quiet, stoic granite men
Long in the land and happy for stillness,
The solitude of the ancient hayfield,
The solitude of the ancient hayfield,
thick wood, the craggy
shore,
the mills, the stormy sea
Flinty like this land
dependable as the seasons
Taciturn Yankees one and all
Flinty like this land
dependable as the seasons
Taciturn Yankees one and all
quiet men of autumn
Of older stuff, remembering
their creed
of holding the tongue, stiff upper lip
and shoulder to the task at hand;
Idle hands they have not
And we are richer for it.
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of holding the tongue, stiff upper lip
and shoulder to the task at hand;
Idle hands they have not
And we are richer for it.
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edited December 31, 2014
In Praise of Taciturn Yankees – v7
(editing version 2)
edited October 20, 2014
In Praise of Taciturn Yankees
– v6
(editing version 4)
edited March
25, 2014
In Praise of Taciturn Yankees
– v5
(editing original again)
Edited December 23, 2013
In Praise of Taciturn Yankees
– v4
editing original again)
Edited
November 28, 2013
In
Praise of Taciturn Yankees – v3
(editing
original again)
(Thanksgiving
Day)
Edited
May 4, 2013
“In
Praise of Taciturn Yankees – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-praise-of-taciturn-yankees-v2.html
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-praise-of-taciturn-yankees-v2.html
September
20, 2005 12:41
“In
Praise of Taciturn Yankees”
–
While I was driving to work this morning on Rte 101 in NH, one of the NHPR
reporters was talking about the new Encyclopedia of New England (http://www.unh.edu/news/news_releases/2005/september/em_050919encyclopedia.htm).
They were commenting how New England isn’t just made up of maple syrup, town
meetings, and taciturn Yankees.
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