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SOM#022, Walter Hancock, There Will Be Other Towers for Thee to Build, 1940
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From the collection of John Birks
Numbers Issued: 894 Bronze, 100 Silver
FROM THE ARTIST
"The theme of this medal is Victory of Man and Nature over the Powers of Destruction. As the earth renews itself after the ruin of storm, so man must rebuild his towers - material and spiritual - after the wreck of war. The inscription on the obverse is taken from Longfellow's "Castle Builder. If an inscription had been required for the reverse none more appropriate could have been found that the following lines from 'In time of Mistrust' by Robert Hillyer:
'And in this shattered forest which I thought
Destroyed beyond the hope of future springs,
The lonely guard against oblivion wrought
Its dream of new leaves and returning wings
As in a shattered world, the lonely few
From the old wisdom must create the new.'"
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![SOM#022, Walter Hancock, There Will Be Other Towers for Thee to Build, 1940
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 894 Bronze, 100 Silver[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
"The theme of this medal is Victory of Man and Nature over the Powers of Destruction. As the earth renews itself after the ruin of storm, so man must rebuild his towers - material and spiritual - after the wreck of war. The inscription on the obverse is taken from Longfellow's "Castle Builder. If an inscription had been required for the reverse none more appropriate could have been found that the following lines from 'In time of Mistrust' by Robert Hillyer:
'And in this shattered forest which I thought
Destroyed beyond the hope of future springs,
The lonely guard against oblivion wrought
Its dream of new leaves and returning wings
As in a shattered world, the lonely few
From the old wisdom must create the new.'"
Keywords: SOM birks_nude_male](albums/userpics/10001/SOM%23022-combo.jpg "SOM#022, Walter Hancock, There Will Be Other Towers for Thee to Build, 1940
[b]From the collection of John Birks[/b]
[i]Numbers Issued: 894 Bronze, 100 Silver[/i]
[b]FROM THE ARTIST[/b]
\"The theme of this medal is Victory of Man and Nature over the Powers of Destruction. As the earth renews itself after the ruin of storm, so man must rebuild his towers - material and spiritual - after the wreck of war. The inscription on the obverse is taken from Longfellow's \"Castle Builder. If an inscription had been required for the reverse none more appropriate could have been found that the following lines from 'In time of Mistrust' by Robert Hillyer:
'And in this shattered forest which I thought
Destroyed beyond the hope of future springs,
The lonely guard against oblivion wrought
Its dream of new leaves and returning wings
As in a shattered world, the lonely few
From the old wisdom must create the new.'\"
Keywords: SOM birks_nude_male")
