{"id":2695,"date":"1969-12-31T16:15:00","date_gmt":"1969-12-31T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2025-04-09T17:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:21:43","slug":"deserted-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=2695","title":{"rendered":"Deserted Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Emperors of the Island &#8211; Danny Abse<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/purechocolate.org.uk\/music\/desertedisland.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub><sup>\u00a9 Stuart Moffatt 1969<\/sup><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There is a story of a deserted Island<br>Where five men walked down to the shore<br>The story of the Island is<br>that three men would two men slay<br>Three men dug two graves in the sand<br>Three men stood on the sea wet rock<br>Three shadows moved away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a story of a deserted Island<br>Where three men walked down to the shore<br>The story of the Island is<br>that two men would one men slay<br>Two men dug one grave in the sand<br>Two men stood on the sea wet rock<br>Two shadows moved away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There is a story of a deserted Island<br>Where two men walked down to the shore<br>The story of the Island is<br>that one men would one men slay<br>One men dug one grave in the sand<br>One men stood on the sea wet rock<br>One shadow moved away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a story of a deserted Island<br>Where one man walked down to the shore<br>The story of the Island is<br>that four ghosts would one men slay<br>Five ghosts dug one grave in the sand<br>No men stood on the sea wet rock<br>No shadows moved away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><sup><sub>\u00a9 Danny Abse 1957<br>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/poetrystation.org.uk\/poems\/emperors-of-the-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Poetry Station<\/a> where Danny Abse recites a different version of this poem. \u00a9 The English and Media Centre<\/sub><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/15264582?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"596\" height=\"335\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nwc-scriptorium.org\/db\/mofdesisl.id\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noteworthy Scriptorium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The copyright of the music is held by\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hymns@purechocolate.org.uk\">Stuart Moffatt (\u00a9 1969)<\/a>.<br>The midi file was produced using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/noteworthycomposer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Noteworthy Composer<\/a>.<br>The mp3\/ogg were produced using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myriad-online.com\/\">Myriad<\/a>\u00a0software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emperors of the Island &#8211; Danny Abse There is a story of a deserted IslandWhere five men walked down to the shoreThe story of the Island isthat three men would two men slayThree men dug two graves in the sandThree men stood on the sea wet rockThree shadows moved away. 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