Mustn’t grumble
Ah, we Brits are happy now
bathing in the hazy glory
of the well-tempered golden fury
of the first of October sun
Oh, back in April how you teased our wintered skin
and how eagerly we leveraged an imagined summer
of sun-stretched nookie
upon the hinted promises in the whispers of your kisses
The ever-wishful village idiots that we are
But, like a dodgy postie
you never delivered
and we were gloomy
and we were glum
And there was much seditious mumbling
amongst the subjects of your overshadowed realm
But today
please forgive us our grumbles
as we forgive those who grumble against us
and lead us not into autumn empty
of the mellow fruits of thankfulness
and deliver us from the temptation to whinge our way through to spring
For thine is the heliotropic kingdom
the solar power and the Indian summer glory
for ever and ever
may today linger
on and on
Amen.
Ah, we Brits are happy now
bathing in the hazy glory
of the well-tempered golden fury
of the first of October sun
Oh, back in April how you teased our wintered skin
and how eagerly we leveraged an imagined summer
of sun-stretched nookie
upon the hinted promises in the whispers of your kisses
The ever-wishful village idiots that we are
But, like a dodgy postie
you never delivered
and we were gloomy
and we were glum
And there was much seditious mumbling
amongst the subjects of your overshadowed realm
But today
please forgive us our grumbles
as we forgive those who grumble against us
and lead us not into autumn empty
of the mellow fruits of thankfulness
and deliver us from the temptation to whinge our way through to spring
For thine is the heliotropic kingdom
the solar power and the Indian summer glory
for ever and ever
may today linger
on and on
Amen.
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