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Requiem for Julius Caesar
Friends, Romans, Countrymen
Lend me your ears
Hear me speak
And reduce your fears
Listen to the Caesar
That spledid Geezer
With their rousing speech.
Or will you skulk about
like a snake
an envious senate
deaf to the pure shout
and bitter in your deeds.
Here stands the immortal god
Here stabs the immoral good?
Here slides the mortal blood
Oh, vain speaker
with your reputation
the glory seeker
cast so low
by those close to you.
Friends, Romans, Countrymen
Lend me your ears
your minds, your hearts
Shed no more tears
Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!
Where art thou Geezer?
With their rousing speech?
Lend me your ears
Hear me speak
And reduce your fears
Listen to the Caesar
That spledid Geezer
With their rousing speech.
Or will you skulk about
like a snake
an envious senate
deaf to the pure shout
and bitter in your deeds.
Here stands the immortal god
Here stabs the immoral good?
Here slides the mortal blood
Oh, vain speaker
with your reputation
the glory seeker
cast so low
by those close to you.
Friends, Romans, Countrymen
Lend me your ears
your minds, your hearts
Shed no more tears
Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!
Where art thou Geezer?
With their rousing speech?
Published 4th Apr 2010
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4th Apr 2010 1:18pm
... by 'Lend me an ear/' by Patrick Birdener (patrickbirdener). Have a look at it for a short, sweet poem.
5th Apr 2010 5:02am
I'm really glad you liked my little piece. And, well, directly inspiring someone else's work actually is a first for me. And thanks for pointing it out. And your Requiem is an interesting historical take. But actually I think he needed a requiem. And I like the form of it--from the beginning five line stanzas, diminishing in the middle, and then lengthening again towards the end--if it were music it would be a very interesting sound.
5th Apr 2010 3:01pm
Thanken you for gracing this with your presence here and for favouriting this. The Rise, Fall and Rise of Caesar's memory. The song idea is interesting, hmmm...
