wittyhistorian reblogged
Excuse me as I drink my tea and listen to sad music, I’m having a lot of British Empire feelings tonight…
#I vow to thee my country#this song makes me so sad#but a good sad?#sometimes I think the true curse of the historians is that we love tragic things#because life is tragic#humanity is composed of tragedies#but humanity is also beautiful#and the true beauty is seeing humanity surviving the tragedies of it al#world war 1#the Great War#because everyone is 1914 and every damn thing hurts