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Heart--Shaped Cross
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posted April 17, 2013 09:38 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Who can tell the worth of man,
His nature and his scope;
When in his breast comingle
Affections so remote?

He is baser than the beasts
And brighter than the stars;
Disciple of darkness and of light;
A child of Zeus no less than Mars.

How shall we judge him, --
With what measure can we rule;
What punish and what pardon --
This wisest of all fools?

He is at odds within himself,
A comic kind of tragedy,
Forever sinking into mud
While straining for divinity.

One moment he is Christian called,
The next, a burden to the weak;
Devouring the spoils of war;
A spendthrift of the gift he seeks.

This creature stranger than an ass
With head of eagle bound
Is ever 'twixt eternities
And nowhere to be found.

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whitewitch111
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posted June 14, 2013 07:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for whitewitch111     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I very much enjoyed it, great philosophical words. Please continue writing, never give up

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mirage29
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posted June 18, 2013 01:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mirage29     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
whitewitch111... yes, for me too. HSC is A Noble Man of High Worth. Missing him...

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Mystic Melody
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posted July 12, 2013 04:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mystic Melody     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
love

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Pearlty
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posted March 22, 2014 08:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Pearlty     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

I was reading over some poems a few pages back..
Bump! This was beautiful.

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FromEast
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posted March 31, 2014 10:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for FromEast     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very well written. This is my fave rhyming scheme also.

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