Professor Catherine Clarke, from the Institute of Historical Research, University of London made an effort to cheer people up by writing Lockdown Psalms:
1. Clap your hands, all ye neighbours:
clap in the front gardens and on the
doorsteps.
2. Make a thankful noise, for it is
Thursday: clap your hands and bang the
pots; bang the mighty pan from the
stove, the frying pan from the draining
board, and the little pan from under the
sink.
3. Rejoice, for thou hast booked a
delivery: a weekly slot even unto the end
of June.
4. Surely plenteousness shall be in thy
house: goodness shall follow thee, at a
two metre distance, all the days of thy
life.
5. [2nd part] Our garners shall be full:
and Netflix shall bring forth thousands
and ten thousands of new episodes for
evermore.
6. Arise! Yea, verily, for the lockdown
easeth: gird thy face with apparel and go
into the city.
7. Rejoice in the fruitful offices, all ye
who were furloughed: but thy going out
and thy coming in shall not be on public
transport.
8. Rest ye alert by day, and alert by night:
and the pillars shall deliver ye out of the
wilderness.
9. Judgement and remembrance shall be
thine heritage: and ye shall dwell in the
house of austerity for ever.
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