Tyrian Sails Across Stormy Seas Sailed

Tyrian Sails Across Stormy Seas Sailed Tyrian sails across stormy seas sailed, and a bold prince they deliver At every port cheerily he was hailed, as an arrow straight from its quiver Bade he the pilot to next morn tarry, as he late morn gathered her so true A pretty queen stolen for he to marry, their dear life in Troy to begin anew. Hoisting ship's tyrian sails and fast away, that morn his mighty ship flew Blessed they thought that sweet day "our life in Troy together we two" Hearing loving angels sing, they wept hearts united in enchanted glee Life started a love vow then kept on to great Troy they both did flee. There by King Priam the son received, far from harm all began rejoicing Worrying not, ire of a Greek king deceived heedless of dire curses he was voicing They carried on glowing sweet romance, as vessels carrying a fatal coming doom About to reap fruits from a daring chance by ships so packed each had no more room. Vowing and cursing to send Troy to hell, Agamemnon sailed on to Troy's shore There Homer's storied legend does tell how Troy's destruction evens the score As savage as a king's vengeance may be there rests a justice in Troy's defeat For no thief be allowed to safely flee, to enjoy any treasure gained by his cheat! Robert J. Lindley, 10-04-2015 Note- No attempt made by me to specifically copy or - dare try to match the majesty and splendor of Homer's classic , world famous tale of the Iliad and the Odyssey, (WHICH NO MAN CAN EVER DO!) The theme was used to present a vastly shorter version of death and destruction stealing so often brings even to innocent peoples ( as in the deaths of citizens of Troy in its destruction). The Iliad (/'?li?d/;[1] Ancient Greek: ????? Ilias, pronounced [i?.li.ás] in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' looming death and the sack of Troy, prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, so that when it reaches an end, the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War.