English Song Originally

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    “If English is spoken in heaven ... God undoubtedly employs Cranmer as his speechwriter. The angels of the lesser ministries probably use the language of the New English Bible and the Alternative Service Book for internal memos.”
    —Charles, Prince Of Wales (b. 1948)

    “but you are not deaf,
    you pick out
    your own song from the uproar
    line by line,
    and at last throw back
    your head and sing it.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “If originally it was not good for a man to be alone, it is much worse for a sick man to be so; he thinks too much of his distemper, and magnifies it.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)