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do not thee alone in shadow dwell
Do not thee alone in shadow dwell
O One and Honest Heart,
Nor set your sails far beyond
And to nothingness do fall.
Do not in darkness linger long, I pray,
Where no guiding light may hail
Lest to slip, scored and pale,
And into nothingness do crawl.
Sing aloud a misty tune, if need, and dance
On moonlight o'er palsied ground
Where we are small passing fancies, perhaps,
But real as all life spinning 'round.
Much more than what is caught and lost in a glance,
or spied
Wide-eyed thru the crowd.
So do not thee alone in secret hold
Where no cleansing rains may fall,
Or hide thee deep in shadow long
Where no gentle hands may calm.
Low are all the countless bitters of the world
That reduce us nigh to mud;
And cold the blood and stone the flesh
And would have the spirit wrung;
Dirge'd so upon the rocks and shards
That scar the heart
And sound of deathly drums.
But no oh no
I shall not alone
In shadow dwell
Nor in darkness linger long;
But dare to make the new day's dawn
My shield and my sword
And rise again and rise again
To light these halls with the fire of my own soul.
Published 1st Jan 2013
| Edited 1st Jun 2013
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Anonymous
1st Jan 2013 4:10pm
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
It takes quiet a skill to write like the old classics did. Refined pen you have!
It takes quiet a skill to write like the old classics did. Refined pen you have!
1st Jan 2013 4:22pm
Ah thank you everso kindly, i still feel as if i have a very long way to go to get where i want to be in my writing, but it is slowly getting better. Again thank you for your kind words :)
2nd Jan 2013 12:40pm
sweet
retro/neo
elizabethan
paean(kindalike)*-------
*(remnants of 'my own' deeply person'al
'elizabethan tragedy'
knot'wit'standing )
retro/neo
elizabethan
paean(kindalike)*-------
*(remnants of 'my own' deeply person'al
'elizabethan tragedy'
knot'wit'standing )
6th Jan 2013 8:38pm
This was very, very well done! You managed to actually use the language properly, instead of just trying to mimic classical writers you made the beautiful imagery the heart of your piece. Loved reading this, welcome to DUP!
