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.
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2015
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