<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=566879" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>O Singer of the epic war history</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">O Singer of the epic war history, <br>O Singer of life, of liberation hoary, <br>Of brazen battlefields, long desolate, <br>O Singer of Gita's ageless glory.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Outlived hast the song thine endless story, <br>Though war heroes survive still in state, <br>Frustrated of fate but scarce sorry, <br>O Singer of the epic war history.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yudhishthir's dharma, Arjun's archery, <br>Bheeshma's oath, Bhima's bravery, <br>Scarce confined remain to Pearly Gate, <br>And sung are with Gita's ageless glory.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And ye O bard, two roles in one carry: <br>Of poet laureate and progenitor great, <br>O ye born in a river ferry, <br>O Singer of the epic war history</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ye sang thine epic in such swell flurry, <br>Ganesha, if not quite inadequate, <br>Lost in thought, felt somewhat weary, <br>O Singer of ancient ageless glory, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not mine ‘lone, any pen-pusher's worry<br>‘Tis to try even to translate, <br>O Singer of the epic war history, <br>O Singer of ancient ageless glory.<br>_______________________________________ __ <br>This is a Villanelle a bit way out. The tercet, <br>that normally becomes a quatrain only in the last <br>stanza, is here so in all. Also, the first and the third <br>lines of the first stanza are repeated with some <br>modifications. <br>_____________________________________________ ______<br> - Villanelle | 02.10.11 |</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Aniruddha+Pathak">Aniruddha Pathak</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=566879" data-title="O Singer of the epic war history de Aniruddha Pathak" data-description="O Singer of the epic war history, O Singer of life, of liberation hoary, Of brazen battlefields, long desolate, O Singer of Gita's ageless glory. Outlived hast the song thine endless story, Though war heroes survive still in state, Frustrate..."></div> </div> </div>

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