Charles I's speech at the end of Chapter xxi:
"'There will be other times, my comrades.
"'There will be a day of trumpets.
"'This we must believe. Now when all flags guide
"'Corpses to the sea; and ships lie hollow
"'On a smoking shore, broken of bone,
"'And windy shadows weave a dark about
"'Tall widows turning whore to feed gashed children,
"'I must say that more days shall remain than
"'Hobnailed victors thieve. And if our iron's broken,
"'There's still ore - stones of our sharded cities
"'Lying free to sharpen it - and if you should perceive
"'Rust and the silence in us, do it silently.'" (p. 199)
I am not sure about this. The speech, printed and presented as if it were prose, seems to have the rhythm of blank verse but whether I have divided the lines correctly is another matter.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteToo bad an expert poet like Anderson can't can't comment on and answer the doubt you expressed here!
Ad astra! Sean