Julius Caesar

A great, yet tragic emperor...

 

Oh, Caesar, though our touch is lost in time:

Weeks, passing years, and years long eons, passed,

I still can hear and feel in learnéd rhyme

Your essence. Like some bee which has amassed

Sweets of the digitalis and the rose,

So have you much amassed in glory’s sack.

Yet just as power strengthens, so greed grows

And weighs much heavy burdens on the back!

Oh, Caesar, stricken soul who now weeps on

The fallen ashes of your flaming lands

Who roamed into the gold of Egypt’s sun

The spirit who travailed on its sands,

    It looks as if the boon of glory’s womb

    Had come to stow the image of your tomb

Reviews

[Kellyrose]

A wonderful write, a most controversial emperor - "Beware the Ides of March"

[Gleb Zavlanov]

Thank you very much.

[Bluefire]

The ending gave me chills. I only know a small bit about Ceasar and what happened to him.
Nice write. ^^

[Gleb Zavlanov]

Thank you very much.

[Bluefire]

No problem. =3

[Frieda P]

So eloquently written, as always Gleb. Those last two lines are killer. Great job.

[Gleb Zavlanov]

Thank you.

[kublakhan27]

My favourite Shakespeare play...this one was in my library well before I'd finished reading it. Another jaw-dropper from you catalogue. Great work.

[Gleb Zavlanov]

Thank you for your kind words.

[Sami Khalil]

One of the great makers of history with glory and sad demise written by an elegant pen with precision...Bravo...............

[Gleb Zavlanov]

Thank you.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)...................

[The Hampstead Poet]

What an eloquent, beautiful piece! How perfectly you use descriptive words! You rhyme without trouble, and it seems as if the words just flow from some primitive, essential source! What a masterpiece!

[Gleb Zavlanov]

Thank you very much for your kind words.

[Pryde Foltz]

The spirit who travailed on its sands,
It looks as if the boon of glory’s womb
Had come to stow the image of your tomb

As famous in how he dies as lived. Fantastic piece.

[Gleb Zavlanov]

Thank you very much.

[s y e]

This is marvellous! :-) I loved it, you've done a great job! Had to laugh at way Ray said, LOL!

[Gleb Zavlanov]

Thank you. I laughed too. :)

[Gedalya]

Virgil couldn't have said it better.

[Gleb Zavlanov]

:D. Thanks.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

a stirring write this is...

great homage paid to one who seemed from all of the historical accounts to be quite a good man, one who met an unfortunate demise.

[Gleb Zavlanov]

It was a very unfortunate demise, indeed. Thank you for reviewing.