{"id":100,"date":"2007-03-27T12:31:15","date_gmt":"2007-03-27T12:31:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-03-30T15:22:44","modified_gmt":"2007-03-30T15:22:44","slug":"sir-walter-raleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/100","title":{"rendered":"Sir Walter Raleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Probably known most popularly for his association with cigarettes and good manners, Sir Walter Raleigh<\/a> produced some fine religiuos poetry. He led a full and adventurous life, established the first English colony in America, today known as “the lost colony” because of its mysterious fate, search for fabled El Dorado in South America, was improsoned in the Tower of London, and ultimately beheaded–giving him opportunity to declare one of the best “final words” ever: “Strike, man, strike!” to his axe-wielding executioner. His poem, “On the Cards and Dice” inspired this sketch (computer and art tablet).
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On the Cards, and Dice<\/em><\/p>\n

Before the sixth day of the next new year,
\nStrange wonders in this kingdom shall appear:
\nFour kings shall be assembled in this isle,
\nWhere they shall keep great tumult for awhile.
\nMany men then shall have an end of crosses,
\nAnd many likewise shall sustain great losses;
\nMany that now full joyful are and glad,
\nShall at that time be sorrowful and sad;
\nFull many a Christian’s heart shall quake for fear,
\nThe dreadful sound of trump when he shall hear.
\nDead bones shall then be tumbled up and down,
\nIn every city and in every town.
\nBy day or night this tumult shall not cease,
\nUntil an herald shall proclaim a peace;
\nAn herald strong, the like was never born,
\nWhose very beard is flesh and mouth is horn.<\/p>\n

–Sir Walter Raleigh<\/p>\n

(art by Israel Galindo)
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