Brutus Iulius Trois Page 05

Brutus Iulius Trois Page 05 Loud laughed Pandrasus Hear the mice roar yet stubborn Pandrasus swiftly gave chase over the high mountain, through the deep forest so easily he fell to the trap Brutus had laid on Achelous's banks Brutus did ambush the king Brutus standing tall looked down at Pandrasus Pandrasus said Brutus Irony is fates game Greek oppression rebuilt my nation in truth you Pandrasus built my wooden horse Metrophanes , a grandchild of great Priam by Imbrius's widow, the captive Medesicaste Crowned Brutus with a Laurel wreath shouting in Greek, Hail Brutus the new Pandrasus repeating in the Trojan tongue -hail The new Pendragon Long may he rule over all of Chaonia Brutus pulled off the wreath, not even by conquest is this land mine. Greek soil is too bitter to nurture Trojan Roots I would wash even my sandals in the sea and return to Troy No shouted Linus one of the half blooded I speak now for many men present full blood, half blood we all bled for you Our families were Trojans but Troy is no more. Brutus! we have avenged the Trojan shame Brutus! our wives, our children are Greek we are not Argonauts to sail after adventure we are not Trojans who fled from defeat we are like the great warrior Ulysses reluctant to leave home even for war but stout fighters all and we are the victors Brutus! we are Trojans only in name. Assaracus grandson of Helenus crossed to the fore Linus I led these enslaved sons before your birth I gave Brutus the sword which cut our bonds for brave Linus I also feared to use it. My mother was Trojan My father Greek I loved both must I choose between them? Brutus the Trojan, Linus the Greek must I choose? We are as a new nation, a new people the old Phoenix dies as the new Phoenix soars above the flames of its fathers funeral pyre Aeneas, Ulysses, now Brutus were exiles let our new people follow the new Pendragon home.