For Crispian
St. Crispin's Day is dear to our family, for obvious reasons. I'm sorry I missed it yesterday, but here, for my sister and Crispian, is that speech from Shakespeare's Henry V.
- This day is called the Feast of Crispian:
- He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
- Will stand a-tiptoe when the day is named,
- And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
- He that shall see this day and live t'old age,
- Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
- And say "To-morrow is Saint Crispian":
- Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars
- And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day."
And if you didn't see it, Amy found an interesting use of St. Crispin in a bigoted anti-immigration statement in Harper's in 1870. Wow. And probably NOT for Crispian
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Hmm, I wonder if there's someone else I know who can legitimately say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day."
i need to write st. crispin's day in my calendar because i think kate always does something special for it.
It's late- he's barely forming sentences. We just finished constructing a power point presentation on Leonardo da Vinci for his book project. The original plan was to make a sock puppet, but time slipped away, so he gets a corporate, polished presentation instead.