| Tis not for man to boast and sing Of all the futures strewn Across the plains of history That have been left to ruin, But better that the minstrels play Less melancholy tunes, And scribes paint future seasons spring With their romantic runes. "Soon the Aegean gods will find Their jealousies rebirthed." Yet perfect love, save fate or change, Shall never be unearthed. And so the sages study still The music of the spheres, While wiser gods, with useless hands, Brush back celestial tears. |