Category: Poetry

At the Sign of the Sphinx. Second series

Wells, Carolyn, 1862-1942· 2 chapters· 8,155 words

The time has come. The waiting populace Breathlessly watch him as he slowly mounts The scaffold. Though his timid, trembling steps Betoken fear, with calm and steady gaze He sees my whole above his head. So bright! So glittering! On that his eyes are fixed. Garbed all in white...

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1. Part 1

The time has come. The waiting populace Breathlessly watch him as he slowly mounts The scaffold. Though his timid, trembling steps Betoken fear, with calm and steady gaze He see...

2. Part 2

A well known ballad has rehearsed The placid waters of my first. The hero bold, his noble friend, The heroine’s sad, untimely end, Why by a traitor was immersed Beneath the wate...