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Tale of Archais
Tale of Archais (1899), PDF p. 95
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THE TALE OF ARCHAIS
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Such rock-ruins people me tribes and nations,
Kings and queens and princes as pure as
dawning,
Brave as day and true ; and a happy people
Lulled unto freedom ;
Nations past the stormier times of tyrants,
Past the sudden spark of a great rebellion,
Past the iron gates that are thrust asunder
Not without bloodshed :
Past the rule of might and the rule of lying,
Free from golds bad sceptre, and free to
cherish
Joys of life diviner than war and passion—
Falsest of phantoms.
Only now true love, like a sun of molten
Glory, surging up from a sea of liquid
Silver, golden, exquisite, overflowing,
Soars into starland.
Only now the rivalry equal, eager,
Friendly, spurs the young to a mimic battle,
Spurs the old to honour, and fame, and fortune,
Ready to harvest.
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