Was it not my own love,
Sprung forth from the Ocean,
Born of the blood of Cronos
That the Greeks knew as Aphrodite?
For surely it would take no less than a goddess
To chain this heart as tightly
as Prometheus upon Mount Caucasus.
Was it for her that a thousand ships
Left the Grecian shores?
But nay, a war she could never cause.
For the minds of men cannot house
both her beauty, and ill thoughts.
Her presence drives out all anger, all sadness, all rage.
Is not the world beatiful for being her abode?
Is not the greatest enemy a joy to behold,
for he also partakes in the same air she breathes?
At her sight, I am disarmed.
The tongue trembles and has naught to say.
She seems a creature sent from Heaven
To prove the existence of the Divine.
The look she has when she smiles
Cannot be put into words, or held in thought
For it is such a new and gracious miracle.
A contest entry
- Scare Me, Woo Me by hey incendiary.
1225 points, ended October 3, 2007, 18 entries
• next story in this contest, remove from contest
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Oops, I meant to give you some points. Here ya go!
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I love it too, even the second time ^_^. My especially favorite lines are "For the minds of men cannot house
both her beauty, and ill thoughts." "To prove the existence of the Divine." and "or held in thought
For it is such a new and gracious miracle." I mean, the whole poem is fantastic, but those lines are epic.
Find a muse soon, okay Josh? I need more classical poetry = -
I loved it. You are a wonderful poet. Keep writing
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thank you very much.I debated for a long time whether to say Greek or Grecian shores...im still not sure Grecian was a word....
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