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Topic: Sibylline Oracles
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silverstone
Knowflake Posts: 798
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Registered: Mar 2006
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posted August 27, 2006 07:52 PM
 
From "The Sibylline Oracles"
Translated from the Greek into English Blank Verse
And then shall there a great pure temple be
In Egypt, and the people made by God <
Shall into it their sacrifices bring. <
And to them God shall give life incorrupt.
But when the Ethiopoans, forsaking
The shameless tribes of the Triballians,
Shall cultivate their Egypt, they will then
Begin their baseness, that the later things
May all occur. For they shall overthrow
The mighty temple of the Egyptian land;
And God shall rain down on the Earth dire wrath Among them, so that all the wicked ones And all without sense perish. And no more Shall there be any sparing in that land,
Because they did not keep that which God gave.I saw the threatening of the shining Sun
Among the stars, and in the lightning flash
The dire wrath of the Moon; the stars travailed With battle; and God gave them up to fight.<? For long fire-flames rebelled against the Sun; Lucifer treading upon Leo's back Began the fight; and the Moon's double horn Changed its shape; Capricorn smote Taurus' neck; And Taurus took away from Capricorn Returning day. Orion would no more Abide his yoke; the lot of Gemini Did Virgo change in Aries; no more shone The Pleiads; Draco disavowed his zone; Down into Leo's girdle Pisces went. Cancer remained not, for he feared Orion; Scorpio down on dire Leo backwards moved; And from the Sun's flame Sirius slipped away; And the strength of the mighty Shining One Aquarius kindled. Uranus himself Was roused, until he shook the warring ones; And being incensed he hurled them down on earth. Then swiftly smitten down upon the baths Of ocean they set all the earth on fire; And the high heaven remained without a star.
 Silverstone ------------------
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.- Robert Frost~ IP: Logged |
lotusheartone
Knowflake Posts: 7289
From: piopolis, quebec canada
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted August 27, 2006 08:08 PM
hehe..I posted this in OOber Galaxy a while ago...there is some very good information there..the false God wins..in this scenerio..
we need to wake-up!
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silverstone
Knowflake Posts: 798
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Registered: Mar 2006
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posted August 27, 2006 08:39 PM
Thanks for sharing, Lotus!------------------
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.- Robert Frost~ IP: Logged | |
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