Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Lady of the Lamp

                                              
                                                     Lady of the Lamp
By Courtesy of Google

                  Stillness in the night


                 She walked her ward rounds with care


                 With light in her hand


I was in lower school of the King George V in Seremban and my teacher Mrs Mc Coy read us the poetry on the Lady of the Lamp which I remember to this day.

4 comments:

kaykuala said...

Dear Hal,
I couldn't imagine I'd remember one after so many years. Suggest just 'Stillness of the night' to keep it 5-7-5. Great!

Hank

abdulhalimshah said...

Dear Hank,
My school years in Seremban was the fondest memory I had and it will be etched forever. I had done as you suggested. That was an inadvertent oversight, as I had the draft started with "Stillness in the night", but the hand did not follow by sheer force of habit, credit to Mr. Micheal Loh.

Al-Manar said...

A busy body
I can claim to be one
Offering nothing

Is that 5-7-5?

abdulhalimshah said...

Dear Pakcik,
The second line is short by one syllable. Just add one more syllable such as "Soul" after the word "One".There you are, you have become a member of the club.