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Glory: Part II: The Beast By: Richard Davidson on 10/22/2001; 12:42 PM This land is mine Sayeth my heart I've wandered for innumerable days Not seeking love, nor praise I'm at the start Two worlds entwine I'm all that breathes The sound implied My relatives of gloried old are gone And why can't I go on It's been denied My being seethes I walk alone No mate have I A savvy sole survivor of the brush The night, a quiet hush No lullaby A bed of stone My breath aflame I stab the night My sword, an ancient truth from times antique And yet, I cannot speak My silent right Ask not my name To hold a torch That isn't real A beacon for such monumental loss Surrendered with a toss Can you conceal The place you scorch? I'm not afraid The past is here The winds of lust and peace may coincide Unfettered, still I'm tied So insincere This role I've played Becalmed by choice This sea of land Horizons filled with trees who pray to none From here was this begun Come, take my hand Come hear my voice "'twas long ago" The story starts The men of King Gregando rode with haste Their women, pure and chaste A boy departs With mannish glow So tall he rode His eyes alert He dwarved by the raw glory of his sword The siege he galloped toward Air filled with dirt Drink in this ode What sordid bliss The seeds of youth Now squandered on adventures of the faith His glory, now a wraith Diminished truth Your eye may miss Heart set against The wind that bites Oh! That such perseverance of the will Beseeching "please be still" Can set to rights Fools so incensed The one empire Of heathen boon Now fallen from the wrath of Christian sword May they now praise the Lord Could one impugn So bright a fire? So wry a smile Such piety The realms of trust in God or men run deep How light these Cardinals sleep Contingency Forced all the while Into the wood The fortress keep A warrior alone so blithely stole Beliefs now in control The wilds weep In brotherhood
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