Defender of the Faith
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Posts: 267
Religion: Roman Catholic
Rank: Großfürst
Age: 16
Favorite Monarch: Bl. Karl of Austria
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Post by Defender of the Faith on Jul 20, 2015 15:20:43 GMT -5
"I will even answer the mighty earl That asked of Wessex men Why they be meek and monkish folk, And bow to the White Lord's broken yoke; What sign have we save blood and smoke? Here is my answer then.
That on you is fallen the shadow, And not upon the Name; That though we scatter and though we fly, And you hang over us like the sky, You are more tired of victory, Than we are tired of shame.
That though you hunt the Christian man Like a hare on the hill-side, The hare has still more heart to run Than you have heart to ride.
That though all lances split on you, All swords be heaved in vain, We have more lust again to lose Than you to win again."
- The Ballad of the White Horse, G.K. Chesterton.
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Post by The Hapsburg Restorationist on Jul 20, 2015 15:48:12 GMT -5
A great poem, and some of the lines really seem prophetic of today (I suppose that's just history repeating itself):
And the cry of the palms and the purple moons, Or the cry of the frost and foam, Swept ever around an inmost place, And the din of distant race on race Cried and replied round Rome.
And there was death on the Emperor And night upon the Pope
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