To the Bard (may he forgive me)

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Open Poetry #1

To the Bard (may he forgive me)

Skyfyre
Senior Member

since 1999-08-15

Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap

0 posted 1999-08-16 02:10 AM

Sweet William! Favored son of Erato,
Famed Midas of the quill from days of old,
Unchallenged master of thy vast domain
Whose every mean endeavor turned to gold;
Not since has this tired Globe beheld thy like!
No craftsman hast thy quarter so befit,
Whose dark laments might stir the hardest heart --
Or gentlest odes conceal a rapier wit.
Thy pen spun out thy soul in every stroke,
With matchless grace that was the Muses' pride;
Death holds thee not while still thy works endure,
A vessel where thy spirit might reside.
Thy words bring forth the secret hearts of men,
And feeble words from my unworthy pen.

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"Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morierus"
(When I hear the bell tolling softly for another, it says to me, "Thou must die.")

Sue
Member

since 1999-08-04

Posts 383
France

1 posted 1999-08-16 02:26 AM

I'm sure he'll forgive you, it's really good.

Ron

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-05-19

Posts 8669
Michigan, US

2 posted 1999-08-16 02:29 AM

You have done the Master proud...

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

3 posted 1999-08-16 08:13 AM

Your work is really intriguing - Don't be posting EVERYTHING in the new Dark Forum, OK?...

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Nay, if our wits run the Wild-Goose chase, I am done:
For thou hast more of the Wild-Goose in one of thy wits,
Than I am sure I have in my whole five.
~ ²1592 Wm. Shakespeare ~ Romeo & Juliet ~ ii. iv. 75

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

4 posted 1999-08-16 10:26 AM

Love it! Need to get my Elizabethan CD out of the case and listen to that whilst reading your poetry! Huzzah!

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