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Nevermore the rose of sunset pales
And winds and shadows fall towards the West
Created on 2004-06-21 16:05:59 (#3564497), last updated 2009-03-26
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Basic Info| Name: | Orient Sand |
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| Website: | We poets of the proud old lineage |
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theinvisiblescripter@yahoo.com BioWe who with songs beguile your pilgrimage
And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die,
We Poets of the proud old lineage
Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why, -
What shall we tell you? Tales, marvellous tales
Of ships and stars and isles where good men rest,
Where nevermore the rose of sunset pales,
And winds and shadows fall toward the West:
And there the world's first huge white-bearded kings
In dim glades sleeping, murmur in their sleep,
And closer round their breasts the ivy clings,
Cutting its pathway slow and red and deep.
And how beguile you? Death has no repose
Warmer and deeper than that Orient sand
Which hides the beauty and bright faith of those
Who made the Golden Journey to Samarkand.
And now they wait and whiten peaceably,
Those conquerors, those poets, those so fair:
They know time comes, not only you and I,
But the whole world shall whiten, here or there;
When those long caravans that cross the plain
With dauntless feet and sound of silver bells
Put forth no more for glory or for gain,
Take no more solace from the palm-girt wells.
When the great markets by the sea shut fast
All that calm Sunday that goes on and on:
When even lovers find their peace at last,
And Earth is but a star, that once had shone.
~James Elroy Flecker
This journal is where I store stories I'm working on. I write both fiction and fanfiction (though I'm new to the latter). My original fiction is under friendslock; if you want to be friended, just ask. If you friend me, I'll probably friend you back on![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
sbluerazchoccie, my regular journal.
Everything here, especially my original stuff, is a work in progress and so it's possible that any given work will come around more than once.
Any criticism, comments, ideas, etc., are always welcome. Please tell me what you think, especially if you find any inconsistencies anywhere.
Enjoy!
~
song
birdy
And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die,
We Poets of the proud old lineage
Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why, -
What shall we tell you? Tales, marvellous tales
Of ships and stars and isles where good men rest,
Where nevermore the rose of sunset pales,
And winds and shadows fall toward the West:
And there the world's first huge white-bearded kings
In dim glades sleeping, murmur in their sleep,
And closer round their breasts the ivy clings,
Cutting its pathway slow and red and deep.
And how beguile you? Death has no repose
Warmer and deeper than that Orient sand
Which hides the beauty and bright faith of those
Who made the Golden Journey to Samarkand.
And now they wait and whiten peaceably,
Those conquerors, those poets, those so fair:
They know time comes, not only you and I,
But the whole world shall whiten, here or there;
When those long caravans that cross the plain
With dauntless feet and sound of silver bells
Put forth no more for glory or for gain,
Take no more solace from the palm-girt wells.
When the great markets by the sea shut fast
All that calm Sunday that goes on and on:
When even lovers find their peace at last,
And Earth is but a star, that once had shone.
~James Elroy Flecker
This journal is where I store stories I'm working on. I write both fiction and fanfiction (though I'm new to the latter). My original fiction is under friendslock; if you want to be friended, just ask. If you friend me, I'll probably friend you back on
sbluerazchoccie, my regular journal.Everything here, especially my original stuff, is a work in progress and so it's possible that any given work will come around more than once.
Any criticism, comments, ideas, etc., are always welcome. Please tell me what you think, especially if you find any inconsistencies anywhere.
Enjoy!
~
song
birdy
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