Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MEDIEVALISM, by MYRTA ALBERTSON WELLS


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MEDIEVALISM, by                    
First Line: When heroes were the men of ancient time
Last Line: Of regal gems or jealous choked desire.


When heroes were the men of ancient time
And blood ran thick to salve a bitter grudge;
While children waged a war in pantomime,
A jester of the court might be the judge
To solve the problems of an angry mob.
For men were fools to mount a gilded throne
And seek for earthly grandeur, since the throb
Of untamed greed may earn a chain and stone.

A king's reign hangs upon a slender thread,
Ill-wind or pressure, and the dream may crash.
They walk upon the brink of hope and dread,
Until like glowing meteors they flash
And fall through space -- beyond the eager fire
Of regal gems or jealous choked desire.





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