Show l From Age of Poetry 1 I INCE NCE more ar archaeology digs up history I and makes it news The bones of Peter Hermit have been found after resting for y a thousand years Peter was both a al at t l- land and a myth Actually he and a l band irregulars who called themselves s 5 f. f t tp took part in the first crusade in inthe J tl the e years just preceding the year I 1100 I 00 But Buttie the tie le legends ends grew with the centuries until r R Reter ter became the inspirer as Godfrey was wasS S ii Ui leader of a now almost mythical crusade v From the medieval son songs s tto to Tasso he heas hen 5 n i as as s a hero of the spirit and one of the few names frames atnes not born to die Then came cameO a generI gener- gener t Jon that read newspapers instead of poetry fd d forgot him Now the finding of his I ries makes him news and so brings him Ji ck to the only notice nolice the contemporary iJ w knows Put his bones back and let sHIm rest again Perhaps some day there ilI come another generation that reads B poetry try and cares |