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Any other poets out there who've written things about Rome? I think it would be interesting to see them. I have one I will share if anyone is interested :)

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ok, unfortunately I am away for the weekend, so I won't be able to post the poem untill I get back, but it will be the first thing I do when I get home monday!!

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Unfortunately the judges aren't big poetry guys... otherwise based on popular opinion, the poems would've finished much better. Alas.. if we ever do this again I think we will use some community input for the prizes.

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ok, here you go :angry:

 

To Caesar, From a Legionary

 

O valiant one who rose to free your people

Through conquests far and wide

Acts of valor unparalleled

To stand the tests of time

 

It is you to whom I give my life

My victories are yours

Your will is my duty

I can have no other

Your love and your causes are mine

 

O fateful day

The ultimate betrayal

Trusted friends and Romans

Spilled your blood

And took what you spent so long to build

Ripping it in two

 

They turned friend against friend

Brother against brother

All for the power

They deserve not to hold

 

And for you I weep

I can do no other

As my love, my cause, my duty

Stain the ground red

With your blood they spilled

 

In a last valiant effort to serve you

My blood is spilled on the streets of Rome

The city you loved will forever remember you

In the hearts and minds of her people

For you are a legend

 

 

 

copyright2005Lost_Warrior

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Well done! I can do translation into Russian? Is it possible? Are you agree?

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you may translate. I would be very interested to see the results :( as for if its possible, well...I don't know russian so I cannot tell you for sure :angry:

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By the way...can anyone here translate it into latin? I'd be very interested (i don't know a word of latin aside from scientific terms and that in my sig...or I would do it)

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You might be able to find a Latin translator online or something, although the accuracy of some of them is apparently very poor. Perhaps a University website might be best.

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hehe online translators are notoriously bad. They...make you say strange things lol

 

does anyone else have any poetry they wanna share? ::smiles encouragingly::

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