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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHRIST IN BRITAIN: 6. TALIESIN, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR.
First Line: On lonely shores where dreams are drifted sand
Last Line: Up toward the dragon city of the sun.
Subject(s): Great Britain - History; Taliesin; English History
First Line: On lonely shores where dreams are drifted sand
Last Line: Up toward the dragon city of the sun.
Subject(s): Great Britain - History; Taliesin; English History
On lonely shores where dreams are drifted sand
He follows to the end a star's bright course,
A ghostly hunter without hound or horse,
The warrior bard, last of the Druid band;
But still his wizard harp rings in his hand
Beside the Stream of Sorrow's hidden source,
Still from a breaking heart his wild songs force
Their way into the god's mysterious land.
Dauntless he sings, and sees the drear wood turn
To golden orchards by the river bed
Where healing waters of the rainbow run;
And past the valley near great peaks that burn
With beaconing fire, the hero-bard is led
Up toward the Dragon City of the Sun.
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