David Lewis Paget : Writing

Cursed Voyage

Cursed Voyage

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


We’d been at sea for a month or more And the nights were getting cold, We were down to a diet of hard tack Full of weevils, gre..
The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


He wandered in a country lane Beside a hedgerow, in the rain, And heard a voice, so sweet and low, ‘Oh sir, why have you left m..
The Saxon Bride

The Saxon Bride

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Lord Tremayne of the barren plain Held his land in fief to the King, The wily William Rufus, who Ruled over everything, But his l..
The Hulks

The Hulks

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I was wandering down by Woolwich Next to a magistrate, one time, The smell, it was overpowering From the hulks that lay in line, W..
End of the Dream

End of the Dream

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I went to sleep and I had a dream, In the dream was a dream of you, I didn’t know whether to wake or scream, Or what I was goin..
Play the Man...

Play the Man...

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I stood at the back of the Oxford crowd When Latimer was burned, He stood by Nicholas Ridley who Was burning, in his turn, Latimer..
Hotspur

Hotspur

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The arrows flew like a storm of hail, Half the King’s army fell, For every arrow had found its mark And the prince was hit as w..