Emerald BayThe vernal waters frolic free Aided by the sun's caress The mountain ice gazed down with scorn “'Tis most unseemly – thine excess. To leap and dance can but demean The ones who know propriety. Do as we, and stand encased In elegant sobriety.”Emerald Bay
“That's not for us!”, the waves replied, “To stand as still as leaden trees, For we are young, and full of life, And so shall frolic as we please! The eldest ones are always first To tell us what we do is wrong! They forget that long ago, 'Twas they who sang the childish songs.&#
...Capturing DesireFirst Attempts at Capturing Desire...Capturing Desire
Betwixt her world and mine dwells she, 'Tis she who guides my fits and swells; I ebb and flow, as does the sea, Imprisoned in its lunar cell. With Siren-song and Gorgon-gaze She leads me onward, in a daze And, stupefied, I'd chase her scent, Across a plain of boundless space, Or scale the Trojan battlements, And be Apollo's reprobate. And yet, for all my fiery zeal, I doubt that I could make her feel Aught but sheer disdain for me; For I am foul of earthly form, Not resplendent, as is she; And thus, I can b
The Death of SarpedonThe brazen waves did clash together On Skamandros' dusty plain, Heroes fell and limbs were sever'd, Man and horse alike were slain. And Zeus' son, in furious might, Detached a tow'ring parapet, And set the Argive souls to flight, By leaping straight down after it. “The wall's been breached!”, Achaeans cried Retreat was called, while more men died.The Death of Sarpedon
But Sarpedon persisted still, He hurled his murd'rous ashen spear, Danaans melted at his will - His war-cry gripped them all with fear. And, to his word, the charge he led, For kings must justi
