David Lewis Paget : Writing

The Funeral

The Funeral

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The village lay in silence As I lounged there, on the hill, The grass so soft and evergreen, The flowers, petalled still, The mor..
The End of the Ming

The End of the Ming

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


A little Chinese history from 1644...
Strike!

Strike!

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


Revenge is sweet...
Merman

Merman

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The wind crept in from the southern gulf And it rustled through the trees, As clouds flew over, covered the sun In some vast conspira..
Lystrata

Lystrata

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


On the outer edge of darkness, On the other side of sleep, And beyond the mist, the starkness Of the landscape makes me weep, For ..
The Grandfather Clock

The Grandfather Clock

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The old Tudor house was half-timbered and gaunt, Was gloomy and dim in the hall, And time had stood still, since my father was born, I..
The Deserted Village

The Deserted Village

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


There’s a road on the hill, leads down to the plain Where once was a village before the Black Plague, And the old stone walls that ..
The Devil and Demon Park

The Devil and Demon Park

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The girl that captured my heart, I knew As Angela Dupree, She stood at the centre of every group At the university, The comb in h..
The Devil's Loco

The Devil's Loco

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


I live by an ancient railway track Near the village of Nether Stonely, Though the trains were left in the distant past, And the ribbo..
The Church of Wenslow Haze

The Church of Wenslow Haze

A Poem by David Lewis Paget


The sea that batters the eastern coast Has often subdued the land, Five hundred years have seen the retreat Of a mile of cliffs and ..