Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DREAMS OF LIFE: 9, by TIMOTHY THOMAS FORTUNE


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DREAMS OF LIFE: 9, by                    
First Line: The giant warrior clothed in steel
Last Line: The broken idol of an hour.


The giant warrior clothed in steel,
The high-walled city, ravaged plain,
The angry millions as they reel
To battle, death, or woe and pain --

The world in thrall to him whose might
And cunning triumph o'er his kind --
Did God make Might the test of Right,
Or man -- blind leader of the blind!

No; Vanity has reared on high
The grandeur of its fragile power,
But it will fall, will prostrate lie,
The broken idol of an hour.





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