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| Posted by: Camac 03-Aug-2008, 08:08 AM |
| Hear, the War Bell Now does peel Forwarning what we dread And soon alarum shatters dawn And all our Hope has fled. Besides me lies The one I love Awakened by the din A cry of fright Escapes her lips And tears do Stain here cheeks Without a thought My arms enfold Her form to draw It near. In tenderness I hold her close and Try to ease her fear. With voice so soft She does envoke Apollo, hear my plea Turn back this foe From our fair shore And make their ships to leave. A thousand sails to rival Iris And hulls as black as pitch With measured sweep Their oars propel Then headlong to the Beach. Aboard each one Stands Fifty Spears All glinting in the sun For on this day Proud Mycenae Makes War on Illium With armour donned And greaves strapped tight I bid my Love Goodbye Clutching shield and spear in hand I rush forth to the fight. From that first day until this night Ten years have passed away For all those years we bravely stood In proud Mycenaes'way Now with deceit and trickery An entrance they have gained Fair Illium will fall to ruin As was it fore ordained. Through rooms and halls All filled with dead I rush To my Love fair,to late, I see the blade descend And cry out in despair. Oh cursed blade I thought was lost What foul deed have you wrought In pain and rage I turn about Awaiting for my Fate And as I watch the foe draw near I look upon her face It won't be long My truest Love I won't be long Just wait. |
| Posted by: Lady of Avalon 03-Aug-2008, 08:52 AM |
| A wonderful story of war and love you've written here Camac, I love it. I see that your in Greek mythology here is it base on Homer's story or the Mycenean people which little is known except that they disapearred quite suddenly. And they were a civilization that lived lavishly from what was discoverd. And btw why don't you start a new topic in our history forum about the Greeks history my friend, it would be interesting to see what is our people knowledge of it. Thanks it's a well written story Camac.  LOA |
| Posted by: Lady of Avalon 03-Aug-2008, 08:55 AM |
Good morning John,  |
| Posted by: Camac 03-Aug-2008, 10:13 AM | ||
LOA; I'm pleased you like the poem. To open a Forum on Greek History is to open a Forum on western civilization as everything we are is based on them. 3000 years BCE the people speaking the language we call Greek occupied what is now modern day Greece and started spreading out into the islands of the Aegean. 1800 years later they had destroyed Troy, conquered Crete, possible invaded northern Egypt, and had fought the Hittites and Summerians. All this while still semi-barbaric. Their days of real glory were ahead of them. It is a topic that I could write tomes about. Camac. |
| Posted by: John Clements 03-Aug-2008, 01:52 PM | ||
Good afternoon back at you Diane. JC |
| Posted by: John Clements 03-Aug-2008, 01:54 PM | ||
Dave; This one is most surely a tragic story we seem to repeat over and over. Well said, JC |