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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Dago on October 24, 2001, 07:14:00 PM
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THE WRATH OF THE AWAKENED SAXON
by Rudyard Kipling
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the Saxon began to hate,
They were not easily moved,
They were icy -- willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the Saxon began to hate,
Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight,
There was neither sign nor show
When the Saxon began to hate,
It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the state,
No man spoke it aloud
When the Saxon began to hate,
It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the Saxon began to hate,
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Great Stuff,
Ranks up there with Yeates' "An Irish Airman Forsees His Death" in my book of favorite poems. FWIW Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" is a good read as well. (Yeah I know he's advocating the opposite sentiment that "good fences make good neighbors", but I'm not trying to make my post political, just expressing appreciation for good poetry). And no I'm not gay - not that there's anything wrong with that (ref. Seinfeld)...
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I thought its an interesting read right now.
dago