Dead poets against the war #1 - William Blake

[robinturner]

I wandered down a crowded street
Where men and women cryed aloud.
And on each angry, fearful face
I thought I saw a funeral shroud.

"What brings you here?" I called to them.
One answered, with a frightfull stare:
"We come to bury Albion,
Killed by the bloody hand of Blayr."

"Who is this Blayr?" I asked of her.
She answered, with a rueful smile:
"He works the mills of war each day,
And speaks of Mercy all the while.

"And though he speaks of Freedom too,
And spreading Justice far and wide,
He binds our souls to Urizen,
And never leaves his Master's side.

"He sends our sons to far-off lands,
And tho' we see the last of them
He says their deaths, and others' too
Will build a new Jerusalem.

"A Serpent rules America,
And Liberty lies lost in sleep.
The daughters of dead Albion
Have nothing now to do but weep."

Comments

America RULEZ

[arbiteroftruth.livejournal.com]

"A Serpent rules America,
And Liberty lies lost in sleep.
The daughters of dead Albion
Have nothing now to do but weep."

yes, but we're the home of the Steak and Shake, aw'ite????

Re: America RULEZ

[solri.livejournal.com]

What's a "steak and shake"? And do you have freedom fries with it?

Re: America RULEZ

[arbiteroftruth.livejournal.com]

do you really want to get me started on the French?

a steak and shake, as one averse to our illustrious country might correctly guess, is a fast food place where they make flat glistening burgers and immense milkshakes and shoestring FREEDOM fries. yes yes yes, the stereotypical haunt of the stereotypical fat arsed american in their straining khaki shorts with their and sweat-streaming faces. (read: we're all stupid and fat and vote for illiterate assholes.)

((except me of course. my beauty and intelligence transcends the borders of my blasphemous nation.))

(((though you know this by now, yes?)))

Re: America RULEZ

[arbiteroftruth.livejournal.com]

and, um, is that you playing the flute? tell me true.

[earthemp6.livejournal.com]

Brilliant, Robin. Simply brilliant.

[solri.livejournal.com]

I blush. I'm trying to get up the courage to do Milton.

Re: America RULEZ

[solri.livejournal.com]

Yes of course it's me - don't you see the resemblance to my normal userpic? Like the others, it's an old picture though, taken at a recital I gave at some arts centre in Ankara back in '92 or '93.

[katminnaar.livejournal.com]

Excellent. Good choice! (Yes, definitely post Milton next.)
And what's that artwork there?

Is that the poem in entirety? I'm thinking of posting it in greatpoets. (Does it have a title?) :)

[katminnaar.livejournal.com]

Oh, wait a minute. I suppose they'd want the poem to actually BE written by the original 'great poet.' Think they'd know the difference? ;) Maybe I should do it anyway and see if anyone catches on. *L*

[solri.livejournal.com]

The artwork is by Blake: I think it's one of the illustrations to "Vision of the daughters of Albion".