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Hero Her Love
Hero – Her Love But when Heroical Leander swam across Swift Hellespont to claim the love Of Hero for his own and prove Faith, in its sacred cause, He’d sworn Was stoical: To make her wife What then?. And consummate, in bliss, […]
Divine Delight
Divine Delight (Diana Finds Endymion on Latmos) Heedless of her path, she slowly stepped Pensively amongst the night-dark leaves, (Drowning in her sea-deep thoughts), Whilst pain-tinged sighs her hurt heart heaved. As she divinely languished, It seemed the mournful trees had caught The dismalness […]
Herakles
Herakles (Twilight of the Gods) Atlas, who on his brawny shoulders bore The heavens of sublime mythology, Waited impatiently for Herakles To take his burden, as the gods decreed. Those gods looked down from their celestial height To […]
Dragon
Dragon Snake-neck extended like an armoured lance; Croc-toothed flame-jaws agape; spike-tongue out-thrust; Black smoke-trails from broad nostrils streaming; barb- Tipped, saw-fretted writhe-tail all alash; huge As a whale: a Dragon is watching me […]
The Greek Myths
The Greek Myths The Greek Myths (After re-reading Robert Graves’s The Greek Myths) i. The Greek mythologers have given to the world, (In stories of their great divinities and tales Of heroes and of heroines almost as great As […]
Balshazzar's Feast
Balshazzar’s Feast Balshzzar’s Feast (539 BC) Wild was the music played In Babylon; Rare the fine foods arrayed And rich the robes displayed In Babylon, At King Balshazzar’s feast. How merry was the sport In Babylon, And […]