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Warren, John Leicester: The Two Old Kings - ZaunköniG - 07.05.2007 The Two Old Kings In ruling well what guerdon? Life runs low, As yonder lamp upon the hour-glass lies, Waning and wasted. We are great and wise, But Love is gone; and Silence seems to grow Along the misty road where we must go. From summits near the morning star's uprise Death comes, a shadow from the northern skies, As, when all leaves are down, there comes the snow. Brother and King, we hold our last carouse. One loving-cup we drain and then farewell. The night is spent: the crystal morning ray Calls us, as soldiers laurell'd on our brows, To march undaunted while the clarions swell, Heroic hearts, upon our lonely way. |