[{"node":{"title":"GreacenStanford178","Collections":"Letters to Stanford","Contributor":"Greacen Estate","Coverage":"1974 Nov 3rd","Creator":"LHL","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"GreacenStanford178","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"W.B. Yeats","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/greacenstanford178","Publisher":"LHL","Relation":"LHL","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/GreacenStanford178.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff3rd Nov.'74\n\nRune and Blade\n\nSoldiers take pride in saluting their Captain;\nWhere are the captains that govern mankind?\n\nFox stamps on our undemanding age\nPreferring whats ordained, exact\nShaped to its mould by ancient use.\nHe argues for the rule of captaincy\nThat must remain though kings depart;\nNot least affirms the magic art\nThat comes from maker's stoic trade\nAnd blesses custom, ritual, ceremony.\nUpheld by rune and lustrous blade.\n\n My dear Derek,\nThis is the revised version, headed by a quotation W.B.Y's\n\"A Full Moon in March\". I've changed \"permissive age\" to\n\"undemanding age\" - the former is a cliche really, don't you think?\nSeems to me this poem should lead off the book. Do you agree?\n\nLove too you both -\nRobert\n\nHerta has sent me 2 splendid Parker pens for my birthday.\nI think she realises that \"the maker's stoic trade\" is my obsession!\n","Type":"Text"}}]