Thursday, January 1, 2004

Civilisation Comments

Rating: 2.7

One moment mankind rides the crested wave,
A moment glorious, beyond recall;
And then the wave, with slow and massive fall,
Obliterates the beauty that it gave.
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Arthur Henry Adams
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M Asim Nehal 30 March 2019

Superb Poem with fantastic line: When discrowned king and manumitted slave Are free and equal to be slaves of all, Democracies in their wide freedom brawl, And go down shouting to a common grave.

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Arthur Henry Adams

Arthur Henry Adams

Lawrence / New Zealand
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