Herakles Poems - Poems about Herakles

...There is a sadness soothing to the soul, And with its smoothing, Herakles made whole. And deep within him, pealed a bell, And those who hear, must harken well: For from the void, its rhythms swel......

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...For I, who have brought winter on our world, Whose fists in bloods of innocents have curled, Do not propose to live but for the day That something of my past, I wash away. ......

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...And fifty paces I took, And moved a little ground ahead-- Only to see two paths before me-- So doubtful, on which to tread... I sat awhile, to rest and see, Cursing this life of work and pain......

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