In het verdrag van Rome dat niet alleen de na-oorlogse verzoening tussen de eerdere vijanden wou bestendigen, werd er veel belang gehecht aan de grondleggende economische bouwstenen, zoals voedselbevoorrading en energievoorziening. Hieronder kwamen grond-principes de wederzijdse solidariteit en samenwerking vastleggen die er zijn zoals subsidiariteit in de mate van het mogelijke en vetorecht voor alle constitutionele richtlijnen. Hiermee kwam een delikaat evenwicht tot stand tussen de verliezende en de winnende kampen maar eveneens tussen de kleine en de grote landen.
3. Vaughan Williams geb. 1872 – Let beauty awake
[Marc & Hélène]
… to render again and receive …
Zoals in liefde moet men in de politiek ook op wederzijdse en evenwichtige verhoudingen bedacht zijn met oog voor de kleinere landen. Vandaar het belang om bij constitutionele veranderingen het nationale vetorecht te behouden.
Let Beauty Awake
Let Beauty awake in the morn from beautiful dreams,
Beauty awake from rest!
Let Beauty awake
For Beauty’s sake
In the hour when the birds awake in the brake
And the stars are bright in the west!
Let Beauty awake in the eve from the slumber of day,
Awake in the crimson eve!
In the day’s dusk end
When the shades ascend,
Let her wake to the kiss of a tender friend,
To render again and receive!
4. Henry Purcell geb. 1659 – Close thine Eyes – Upon a quiet conscience
[Marie-Alice, Marc & Hélène]
He that guards thee….never sleeps
Met het Brexit-Brexin debat werd ons „geweten“ uit het echte knelpunt ingedommeld met behulp van Cambridge analytica nl. welk soort Europa ? …ipv Brexin ↔ Brexit. Engelse opvoeders hechten veel waarde aan het begrip „vertrouwen“.
Close Thine Eyes – Upon a quiet conscience
Close thine eyes and sleep secure;
Thy soul is safe, thy body sure;
He that guards thee, he thee keeps,
Who never slumbers, never sleeps.
A quiet conscience in a quiet breast
Has only peace, has only rest:
The music and the mirth of kings
Are out of tune unless she sings;
Then close thine eyes in peace and rest secure,
No sleep so sweet as thine, no rest so sure.
5. John Whitworth1921 – 2013: The Mermaid
…Britons never, never, never shall be married to a mermaid…
Oh ’twas in the broad Atlantic, mid the equinoctial gales
That a young fellow fell overboard among the sharks and whales.
And down he went like a streak of light, so quickly down went he,
Until he came to a mermaid at the bottom of the deep blue sea.
Refrain:
Singing Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves
And Britons never, never, never shall be married
To a mermaid at the bottom of the deep blue sea
She raised herself on her beautiful tail and gave him her soft wet hand
“I’ve long been waiting for you my dear, now welcome safe to land.
Go back to your messmates for the last time and tell them all from me
That you’re married to a mermaid at the bottom of the deep blue sea.”
We sent a boat to look for him expecting to find his corpse
When up he came with a bang and a shout and a voice sepulchrally hoarse.
“My comrades and my messmates oh do not look for me
For I’m married to a mermaid at the bottom of the deep blue sea.”
“In my chest you’ll find my half year’s wage likewise a lock of hair
This locket from my neck you’ll take and bear to my young wife dear
My carte de visite to my grandmother take, tell her not to weep for me
For I’m married to a mermaid at the bottom of the deep blue sea.”
The anchor was weighed, and the sails unfurled and the ship was sailing free
When up we went to our cap-i-tan and our tale we told to he
The captain he went to the old ship’s side and out loud bellowed he
“Be as happy as you can, with your wife, my man, at the bottom of the deep blue sea!”