I Hear an Army

[bimo]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

today's broadcast of gratuitous poetry goes out to selenak. Consider it a small "Thank You" for the highly interesting review of "Troy" that she has written.


I Hear an Army

I hear an army charging upon the land,
And the thunder of horses plunging; foam about their knees:
Arrogant, in black armour, behind them stand,
Disdaining the rains, with fluttering whips, the Charioteers.

They cry into the night their battle name:
I moan in sleep when I hear afar their whirling laughter.
They cleave the gloom of dreams, a blinding flame,
Clanging, clanging upon the heart as upon an anvil.

They come shaking in triumph their long grey hair:
They come out of the sea and run shouting by the shore.
My heart have you no wisdom thus to despair?
My love, my love, my love, why have you left me alone?

(James Joyce)


I found the poem just this morning while browsing a pile of secondary literature about Joyce and thought that it fitted the movie's theme quite nicely *g*


P.S.

Selena, by the time you are reading this entry, "Power Play" will probably already be on its way to your place :-)