Subject:

Comments:
: Heres my non musical version of one of the great Sir Thomas Wyatt's most profound poems...Whilst I was Visiting the Tower of London just before Christmas I chanced upon 2 inscriptions on a cell wall that can still be seen by two of Sir Thomas Wyatts followers who raised a rebellion in Kent against Mary 1 in 1554 They were Robert Rudston of Dartford and Thomas Culpepper of Aylesford both were sentenced to death but later released in return for the payment of heavy fines.. click on this link : http://groups.msn.com/acousticmusiciansandpoetssoundarchive/poeticheroes.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=453 : Heres the link to the page with the sound file.. : http://groups.msn.com/acousticmusiciansandpoetssoundarchive/poetrysounds.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=213 : Regards.. : Jim Clark... : All rights are reserved on this sound recording copyright/patent Jim Clark 2003 : I am as I am and so will I be : : I am as I am and so will I be. : I lead my life indifferently, : I mean no thing but honestly, : And though folks judge full diversely, : I am as I am and so will I die. : Who judgeth well, will God him send, : Who judgeth evil, God them amend, : To judge the best therefore intend, : For I am as I am and so will I end. : Yet some there be that take delight : To judge folks’ thought for envy and spite, : But whether they judge me wrong or right, : I am as I am and so do I write. : And from this mind I will not flee, : But to you all that misjudge me : I do protest, as ye may see, : That I am as I am and so will I be

Optional Link URL:
Link Title:
Optional Image URL: