When I Have the Mendips at My Back 4 March, 2022 Image: View on the Mendips by Derek Harper. CC0 2.0 When I have the Mendips at my back, When I see Steep Holm out at sea, There’s nothing then that man or beast, Can do to hurt or worry me. Listen to my recording of this poem https://www.fridaypoems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/When-I-Have-the-Mendips-at-my-Back.mp3