just a little ozy pome

[hell yea]

THE REBEL

Call me traitor to my country and a rebel to my God.

And the foe of “law and order”, well deserving of the rod,

But I scorn the biassed sentence from the temples of the creed

That was fouled and mutilated by the ministers of greed,

For the strength that I inherit is the strength of Truth and Right;

Lords of earth! I am immortal in the battles cf the night!

 

My religion is the oldest; it was born upon the earth

When to curse mankind for ages pride and tyranny had birth.

’Tis the offspring of oppression, born to suffering and strife,

Born to hate, above all other hate, the things that gave it life;

And ’twill live through all the ages, while a son of man is blind,

In the everlasting rhythm of the story of mankind!

 

From the Maker’s battered image, where the bloody helmet gleams,

From the graves of beaten armies rise the heroes of my dreams.

I am ever with the weaker in the battles for the right.

And I fight on vessels sinking ’neath the cruel blows of might;

But I hear of coming triumph in the tramp of flying feet

And the wild, despairing music of the army in retreat.

 

I am plunged in bitter sorrow at the sinking of a star,

For I mourn among the murdered where the broken lances are;

Souls of earth who rule with iron, raining death on farm and town,

Sacrificing lives uncounted, putting just rebellions down,

Ye shall answer for the murders of the slaves compelled to bleed

For the commonwealth of idlers and the common cause of greed.

 

I have come for common justice to the castles of the great,

And the people who have sent me crave assistance at the gate;

They obeyed the Maker’s sentence—they have ploughed and tilled the soil.

Yet they go in rags and hunger in the harvest of their toil.

I demand the rights of Labour in the law of God defined;

Pause and weigh the pregnant answer!—there is peace or war behind.

Are we slaves beneath the power that our industry hath given?

Are we fuel to feed the engines of your artificial heaven?

 

I am come to warn the idlers at the castles of the great,

For the army that has sent me grows impatient at the gate:

They have gathered now in thousands from the alley and the den,

And the words of fire are breaking from the lips of quiet men!

Yield, and save the lives of thousands! for the rebels’ eyes are bright,

And the god of revolution is abroad on earth to-night.

 

Henry Lawson :

[Black Owl]

Huh?????

OK, I'm confused...............

[Condor]

Huh?????

 

OK, I'm confused...............

 

 

I think the point our member is trying to make is that what goes around, comes around. The poem was written back in the early 1900's, and could be applied to today, touting revolution. Henry Lawson was a poet born in the late 1800's and his biography can be seen HERE who wrote in sketch form, or painted pictures with words. It looks like he championed socialism. What surprises me is that someone who types in phonics could understand what he's posting.... IMHO

[Black Owl]

Thanks Condor.

I knew someone here would be able to explain it to this dumb old farm boy.

[hell yea]

I think the point our member is trying to make is that what goes around, comes around. The poem was written back in the early 1900's, and could be applied to today, touting revolution. Henry Lawson was a poet born in the late 1800's and his biography can be seen HERE who wrote in sketch form, or painted pictures with words. It looks like he championed socialism. What surprises me is that someone who types in phonics could understand what he's posting.... IMHO

an abillity to spell has nothing to do whith a mans levell of understanding and yes the pint was how relivent it was to the current situation in qld .it was about the mans poetry not his politics sorry if it offended anyone

[hell yea]

did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerarld, Jules Verne, and Avi all are believed to have had learning disabilities, including dyslexia? What about Agatha Christie or WB Yeats? So many people with dyslexia have gone on to accomplish incredible things, including these literary geniuses!

[bongobobny]

Thanks for the above post Stephen, it gives me better insight to your character! I will admit that I was having difficulty reading your personality but now I understand you much better. That insight helped me know you a little better.

 

 

I too was a little confused at the poem as for a minute the writer was displaying a Jesus perspective and the next a Satanic perspective...

[Bubber]

an abillity to spell has nothing to do whith a mans levell of understanding and yes the pint was how relivent it was to the current situation in qld .it was about the mans poetry not his politics sorry if it offended anyone

 

No offense taken.

We are what we are and it's all good.

Nobody here gets to excited about stuff so don't get too excited about comments.

Good day mate!

Bubber

[EasyRider]

As with all writings they are subject to an individuals interpretation. My take was that as those who can't pass a budget (if they even had one) receive their checks on time, those who are getting up and walking to work (as opposed to those with gov't vehicles and gas cards) are waiting to either go to work or for their check to be released. Those who want free money are only responding to those who hand it out. There is little responsible spending and the "middle class" is getting larger and closer to the bottom. Record Bank profits, the new Health Care online computer system,( college grads still saying "I dough no??? :confused24:when asked why it doesn't work) Customer satisfaction or your money back??. How much can this country take before it is broken beyond repair?? Replace God in schools with metal detectors, It is obvious that God has been out of politics for many years.

Think I'm going back to bed and see if I can't get up on the other side.

[Condor]

did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerarld, Jules Verne, and Avi all are believed to have had learning disabilities, including dyslexia? What about Agatha Christie or WB Yeats? So many people with dyslexia have gone on to accomplish incredible things, including these literary geniuses!

 

Yep, I think all dyslexics should un-tie. See I knew he could spell....

[Yammer Dan]

I'm staying in my corner!! And locking the door...if it has one!!!

[Huggy]

I'm behaving and being very, very quiet in my dark little corner.

[Black Owl]

Not offended....

Just confused. But then that is a normal state for me....

[syscrusher]

Yep, I think all dyslexics should un-tie. See I knew he could spell....

 

When he wants to. The people named all realized that they needed to be effective in their communications and took pains to ensure that they were understood.