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                                                    Lyrics from 17th century ballad                                                    When canons are roaring, and bullets are flying,                                                 He that would honor win, must not fear dying ,                                                      Picture of the Battle of the White Mountain 1621, in public domain, courtesy of Wikipedia  Very glad to have come across the Passamezzo   version of the ballad  When Cannons are roaring   via 'The Stuart Era' Facebook group: I am also  grateful to Tamsin Lewis from Passamezzo for further information. and for reproducing the lyrics which were  published in Cantus, Songs and Fancies by John Forbes in 1662. Tamsin advised that the ballad also appears in James Shirley's Schoole of Complement from 1631 and kindly directed me to the  English Broadside Ballad Archive .  The notes introducing Benjamin Luxon     take on the song in 1979 on another Youtube v

                                1869 Classic by R.D. Blackmore  Was lucky enough to be given the Penguin Classics edition prepared by R.D.Madison and Michelle Allen, from 2005. Drawn on their introduction for biographical information along with the  Victorian Web  entry.                                                       Poster for 1922 silent movie version I was wondering if anyone can name another novel by Richard Doderidge Blackmore (1825 -1900) besides Lorna Doone? Let alone one of his poems. But 'Lorna Doone' has been continually in print since 1869, has inspired 10 filmed versions, at least one TV series, and a musical. In fact the first movie version was Maurice Tourner's silent film of 1922. Set in the reign of Charles II and James II, the novel is centred largely around Exmoor, Devon. And the stunning portrayal of local landscape, dialect, wildlife and customs have added a great deal to the book's charm, and probably attracted plenty of visitors to the regio