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Video and Audio Music:
Waltz to Death.
By Sir Cubworth.
Music free to use
at YouTube.
Let your birth sign lie upon your chest,
Unity of character and fate
Now played out in fantasy and flesh,
A tableau to which readers may relate,
Reason and religion on a date.
Nor does this mean your reason has regressed,
Even if seduced by such a guest.
What faith might say is often reason dressed,
Yielding metaphors that illustrate
Exactly what no logic could suggest,
A time-encrusted truth by beauty blessed,
Retaining wisdom in its gnomic state.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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