The Pillars of Bouryngsleigh, Op 193

First, There are suggestions of a couple of folksongs in this - one is very familiar (Greensleeves) and one not so much
(Captain's Apprentice) . Also, the old carol "Dives & Lazarus" is heard near the end of the work. Dives and Lazarus'
theme is also used in the Irish song "Star of County Down", and the Mormon Hymn, "If You Could Hie to Kolob", also
used by Ralph Vaughan Williams in his, "Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus"
Dives and Lazarus parable is in Luke 16 , and the words are based on that parable.
Here are the first two verses:
1. As it fell out upon a day,
Rich Dives made a feast,
And he invited all his friends,
And gentry of the best.
2. Then Lazarus laid him down and down,
And down at Dives' door;
Some meat, some drink, brother Dives,
Bestow upon the poor.
My Poem:
The Pillars of Bouryngsleigh
Deep in the West Country
On an overgrown path
Two pillars - guardians to an ancient manor
What stories do they hide?
What history have they seen?
Spirits of the meadow…
Zephyrs in the grass
An ancient voice along the path
A girl sings long forgotten
Has she ever really been?
Bouryngsleigh is an old manor house built in the late 13th century by a distant ancestor of mine, Stephen Bouryng (Maternal Grandfather's Family)
The Surname Bouryng-Bowring-Boring stretches over 700 years. It lives today among my cousins and was my mother's maiden name