Sweet Thames Run Softly

[@JohnHirstUK]

In a world whose days are full of anguish, these videos are a welcome escape.

[@johncannon3411]

well said

[@briddie5996]

I've never been so early before! The rain is pouring on my window, and there is no better companion to this weather than your pipe-smoking monologues. Keep it up Malcolm!

[@TheOGOrangeCat]

Malcolm Guite is my happy place 😊

[@aryanmn209]

Every time i hear the word "Hobbit" malcolm's face comes to my mind

[@ryanparker4996]

Malco Geetins of Bag End

[@AmericanImperium2112]

Same 👍

[@RobLewis3]

Protect this man at all costs

[@gimmeabreak-h2h]

"We must learn to walk softly, so that we have time to see; we must learn to tread quietly, so that we do not cause alarm; above all, we must think peace." After reading Sweet Thames Run Softly, I had this made into a wooden plaque for my office. I think on this phrase often. We live in angry times. I wish you peace, Malcom. I've enjoyed your study many times. Thank you.

[@bibliomania158]

I absolutely cherish your videos! They are so relaxing and nostalgic.... I never had grandparents, but if I did, you are the example 🙏... thank you, Malcolm, for taking the time to make these... God bless you and yours ❤️

[@davidlee3311]

Thank you for introducing me to a new author that I hadn`t heard of before. I will definitely track down a copy of the book.

[@barnyfraggles]

It's easy to forget the historical context these people were writing in. An inspiring sense of impending doom no one today in the west has any real-world inkling of.

[@adriantamblyn-watts7308]

Thank you. I will now be walking slowly into the afternoon.

[@sergiolazarobalboa7172]

I still don't know how KZbin brought me to your videos, but I am very grateful for it because these videos are helping me a lot with all the bad things that are happening in the world and all the day to day problems that we all have. It reminds me of what a happy life is, books, friends, peace and tranquility. I am also learning a lot about authors I didn't know, greetings and thanks from Seville, Spain.

[@Blitzkrieg1324]

Malcolm I truly look forward to each and every one of your posts, your recitations and amazing interpretations should inspire all to pick up a book again, and God bless you from a HUGE Tolkien fan!

[@mickb6285]

What a grand description of spring time, with the first broods of rooks and the hedge rows expanding to hide the small animals they shelter. Reminds me of childhood walks in the countryside with my Grandad. Its very true that today many people don't take the time to "see" what is around them. Thoughts to ponder. Thanks.

[@Blitzkrieg1324]

Malcolm everytime I see you and hear you speak to me so softly and eloquently, especially when reciting Tolkien all my stresses melt away, God bless you!

[@rauchentoken]

I would really love you to do long form content where you read an entire book to us over the course of a couple videos. Your videos are so cozy and home-y

[@quietphoenix]

Thank you for introducing me to a an author I’ve never heard of before, that was excellent! I’ll have to find myself a copy of that book. And slow down in my regular nature walks too. On another note: if you have an interest in wood block prints I recommend checking out David Bull here on KZbin. He runs a woodblock print shop in Japan and talks about the artists and the history of it. He’s a great storyteller I think you’d really like his channel. Thanks again for these readings!

[@Nighttrainpiper]

Oh I very much relate to the joy of walking slowly and quietly among the trees.

[@nancydurham7999]

Decades ago I bought , Lovely is the Lee, from a thrift shop. I love this book. The stories, thoughts and woodblock illustrations. A previous owner had pressed dozens of four leaf clover between the pages. A treasure.

[@yusufsayed1583]

Good Morning 😊 Awesome Video👌🏽What a Fantastic Description of Spring Time👌🏽 Appreciate the Read 📜 Sharing a Pipe with me 🌬💨💨 Have a wonderful Sunday and Greetings From South Africa 🇿🇦

[@zacharycurrie3708]

A wonderful description of waking spring. Thank you, Malcolm!

[@malcolmhart1795]

Had to find your previous video with the same title after this and thank you for both. 💕 As in Jerome's Three Men In A Boat, we'd guess these three had just as much fun and hilarity. 😅 Lovely to be encouraged to love, take time to enjoy the roses, and think peace on our way. 💙 💞 Love and thanks to both of you.

[@bigcountrybriar9911]

I’ll be in London in a few weeks for my first adventure in country. I shall try my best even with a bursting itinerary to walk more slowly and leave few pubs unvisited

[@oldandintheway1955]

Enjoy your time in London!! It is a magical place with so much to do, see, hear and enjoy. You will most definitely need to return several times, so pace yerself and pay a visit to as many CAMRA pubs as possible. A pint of British real ale is amazing. Cheers Gary

[@bigcountrybriar9911]

@@oldandintheway1955 will do. Thanks Gary!

[@Cythuru]

Always a pleasure Malcolm.

[@PhilAlumb]

The Road goes ever on and on..

[@randallowen9350]

Thank you Malcolm 👍

[@ursusthewhite9824]

Thank you for a most pleasant pipe and recitation. 🙂

[@deselby6669]

Thanking you...Lovely stuff prompting a response..Flow gently,Sweet Afton...Nigel Bruce rendition in Sherlock Holmes Pursuit to Algiers..

[@mattskunk]

Great movie

[@jamesbowyer3578]

I truly wish I could sit and read more books. I don’t know why I don’t and I envy those who do 📚 😔

[@dalenelson8254]

Perhaps you consider buying some books, but you visit your local chain bookstore and see a lot of stuff that is certainly not what you are looking for. Allow me to suggest that you consult the published letters of C. S. Lewis, who was like Dr. Guite in being a great reader and recommender of books. There are mainly three ways to get to Lewis's booktalk. (1) There's some in the selection of letters that was edited by W. H. Lewis. (3) There's a great deal indeed in the three thick volumes edited by Walter Hooper. But for me (2) the collected letters to Arthur Greeves was a lovely portal; this was published between the WHL selection and the publication of the three thick volumes. The letters to Greeves were published around 1979 as They Stand Together, and there's plenty of youthful enthusing by Lewis over his latest discoveries. Yes, these are all necessarily books that for us are "old," even the most recent (then) ones, but then the books are ones that Lewis was relishing and that are free of the kinds of woke campaigning, carnal explicitness, and horror of a lot of today's new books. A happy thing is that a great many of the books Lewis was loving are available for free reading online, if that works for you, or as audio books (I'm guessing), or in modern reprints, or as used copies at abebooks.com, etc. So delay not, if you can help it. Good reading awaits and Lewis can be your guide.

[@a.j.r_ball]

Waking up to this surprise video!! What a gift.

[@mrcactus1769]

A tin of Rattray’s on the shelf is always a nice friend to have around.

[@ChristionH]

Guite lovely indeed

[@harrygiles1098]

The voice of making books interesting, in reading, sadly lacking in today's society, but am happy to report, all my grandchildren get read to, every night, and encouraged to explore libraries and everything they have to offer. Please review The Phoenix and the carpet x

[@MalcolmGuitespell]

I love the Phoenix and the carpet - that's a very good suggestion!

[@harrygiles1098]

@@MalcolmGuitespell Thank you, My name is Giles Harry

[@stuartroberts3737]

I watched one of your videos about a month ago and was fascinated by your love for pipe smoking I thought I must be missing out so I purchase myself a pipe and some tobacco and I loved It from the first Bowl and wanted to thank you for your inspiration.

[@simonsmith6053]

A lovely little book (at least, my copy is little!), and I've taken it down from my shelf to flit through with a generous helping of Talisker single malt. Cheers to you, Malcolm!

Thank you Malcolm. Another wonderful episode. Indeed, think peace.

[@Micktyb]

Hello I purchased a copy of this book looking foreword too reading it thanks 🙏 have a great week 🥃😁

[@jessiemacintosh6627]

Another lovely start to my day.

[@mattskunk]

These videos are highly comforting, and reigniting my love for literature

[@TheDarrenj123]

Hello there good sir just want to say that i thank you for stirring my own interest in the writing word and of reading and i thank you for telling us these beautiful tales from writers and poets of old and again i thank you god bless you sir

[@lachlangriffiths9434]

It is always so lovely to see a new video in my KZbin page! Thank you, Malcolm, always a joy!

[@jasonflores8154]

This feels early. I thought Mondays were new video days, but I'll take one a few days early. 😊

[@dancoomer8090]

These videos are just so nice. I really enjoy them!!

[@dustinseybold4717]

Yes , stop , clear your mind and listen 🦋

[@Sober1299]

hey malcolm, love ya dude

[@db61487]

Wonderful as always. From the title, I was expecting a talk on TS Eliot. Didn't know he was quoting Spenser. Would love a session on Spenser as I know very little about his poetry. Thanks.

[@raza5757]

Many things to appreciate here.

[@teenytinyjordan]

"Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God." "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me-put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you."

[@thedreadtyger]

there is a silence that comes before the terrible noise it's a pity not to treasure it up in our hearts before the dreadful day we shall need that calm to remember that life is not entirely war

[@kearnsey64]

Loved it Reverend!

[@ZippsterSmee]

Never get tired of hearing the little "pop" sound from your pipe smoking dude. To say nothing of your readings. Hope you never ever stop either.

[@SouthAlabamaPiper]

A pleasure as always.

[@r.j.b.1645]

Wonderful! Wonderful! 🥰

[@AmericanImperium2112]

This sounds like an interesting book. Thanks 👍🏻 I'll definitely check it out. God Bless 🙏🏻 and love you uploads.

[@mickt3390]

I have hand carved Lord of the rings staffs,,,o pure joy to look at 👍👍

[@smbchc]

Very nice looking pipe Malcolm, what maker and model if you don't mind me asking? Really enjoying your videos.

[@nizd3128]

Food for Thought, thank you

[@wstimo]

Morning Malcolm, is that a Northern briars pipe very nice

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Liked and shared.

[@HernetheHunter121]

lovely video always

[@kamoboko86]

Conch (giant sea snail) is pounced "Conk" I only know this having been raised in the Conch republic of south Florida.

[@dalenelson8254]

A doctor of veterinary medicine named Joanne Stefanatos compiled a book called Animals and Man: A State of Blessedness that might be easier or less costly to get hold of than the Waddell book. Dr. Stefanatos was an Orthodox Christian.

[@CapraObscura]

Hi Malcolm, I hope all is well with you, Sir

[@paulboomer8130]

A friend from Belgium introduced me to your channel just a few weeks ago. Your fireside chats are now my favorite pleasure on KZbin. My brother-in-law is a professor at Liberty University in Virginia... Have you ever spoken there? p.s. I am quite looking forward to your Arthurian project!

[@joelharris4399]

Robert Gibbings quoting Edmund Spencer is a mark of flattery considering the latter employed allegory along the lines of coding that eluded even the most astute

[@dalenelson8254]

Oh, but don't worry about that at all! Read Lewis writing about reading Spenser (see the collection of essays on medieval and Renaissance literature, and English Literature in the 16th Century. Take it from someone who has read the entire Faerie Queene, much of it two or three times. I also recommend getting hold of the Dover paperback with Walter Crane's drawings for the FQ. They will help you focus on the adventures and enchantment and help you to avoid too much fussing about allegory. If you want to sample the FQ, get the Canon Press paperback Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves, an edition of the first book of the FQ that is reader friendly almost to a fault -- but is not a retelling; it's Spenser's poetry though some spelling is modernized. Don't hesitate!

[@richardsnow7299]

Many thanks for sharing Reverend. What is the pipe you are smoking?

[@Harmon1ca]

Getting rather close to 100k followers! I think it would be quite fun to have the 100k plaque shelved rather than hanging on the wall. It somehow wouldn’t look right.

[@randallreed4216]

you're my new grandpa

[@christastic100]

Blowing his wreathed horn . A phrase not often raised from the depths hitherto . 😄 excellent Malcom.

[@deathmetalpotato]

“hitherto” 🙄

[@alansmithee4895]

Malcolm - you need some cannabis for your pipes...🌿💨

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

Malcolm will be the ruin of me. I find new books to buy every few videos.

[@mickgrundy4615]

Hi malc. Who was john barlycorn? As in that great song ,"

[@cylr5159]

Can you read Lord Dunsany?

[@kenthpedersen3220]

Beautiful, thank you. It’s quite astonishing that we are again standing upon that dreaded precipice. Dusted off my Danish passport, giving serious consideration to getting out of the U.S., while it is still possible. But, to where? Perhaps deep into one of Russia’s 11 time zones. Lived in the Sov when it was collapsing; beautiful, amazing country, and people. How very sad. Think peace.

[@richardbunt2278]

Can you Smoke a pipe.when or while having a cold

[@mattskunk]

Probably best to cut back on it or stop for a while if you’re sick. I don’t smoke tobacco though, so I’m not sure.

[@brianpateman2666]

This reminded me that I "lent" my copy of Gibbing's book many years ago and haven't seen it since. Must obtain a replacement. I've always loved the Thames, an important of my life when I lived in London many years ago. I wonder if you know (I'm sure you do) this rather beautiful Thames song by Ewan MacColl? kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ7RZqOFrcdln68

[@Philip_Taylor]

How do you stay so positive about the current (and future) state of our country? I look around and I see so many tracksuited, un-adjusted people speaking goodness knows what language, and I just recoil in horror. The spitting, the littering, it never ends. I'm only 34 and I've seen the noble woman that was my nation turned into a cheap slag.

[@DTzant]

Camera man needs to pan back a bit.

[@christianmethot5941]

Ukraine is currently undergoing a very fertile literature upheaval, apparently.

[@SuperNils666]

Bro lower the camera when Malcolm is talkin

[@dalenelson8254]

Oh, not really -- I love to scan his shelves like that.

[@a1971-d6d]

All the book that you have are worthless. They will never benefit you for anything. The only book you need is the KJV BIBLE. Only the word of GOD can save your soul. I have told you the truth so your soul is in your hands.

[@dalenelson8254]

I suspect a troll.

[@tarakanjana4482]

Fairytales 😂😂😂