dragons

Dragons!

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
--Albert Einstein

Dragons are some of my favorite creatures in the world. Below are some graphics and links, if dragons happen to be something you like as well. :-) The copyrights to all poetry and quotes used here are the property of the authors annotated. So please, if you borrow, make sure you give proper due!

There Be No Dragons
And shall ye fear the dragon's breath
because his heart ye do not know?
And thus ye wish him painful death
employ the means to make it so?
Proud heroes all, to young and old,
compelled to act as heroes may
with strength of steel and manner bold
to save all men, the dragons slay.
Thus all his brethren met their fate
on blades of knights both true and brave;
that fear of mortals thus abate,
destroyed and sent to fiery grave.
But dwells one still whose heart doth beat
a mournful tribute to his kin
whose time on earth was passing fleet
and like shall not be seen again.
Alone he sleeps beneath the moon
in rocky mountain solitudes
wings in tatters, soul in ruin,
his breath, not fire, but pain, exudes.
And weeps great tears for all the loves
that he has known. For them he yearns
and for his children, gentle doves,
who died at hands of men unlearned.
His ache shall have no earthly ease
there be no healing for his heart,
his funeral keen shall haunt the breeze
until this world he doth depart.
He thus lifts ragged wings to flight
dark silhouette against the sky
to soar aloft, full lonesome sight,
for he shall be the last to die.
Sandi Raub
darcysmail@yahoo.com

O TO BE A DRAGON
"O to be a dragon,
a symbol of the power of Heaven--
of silkworm size or immense;
at times invisible.
Felicitous phenomenon!"
MARIANNE MOORE (1959)

DREAMER
"One who can only find his way by moonlight, and
his punishment is that he sees the dawn before
the rest of the world."
OSCAR WILDE

LINKS
What is a Dragon? http://www.draconian.com/whatis/
Children's Poetry
http://members.tripod.com/~f_fly/magic.html
My Palace Virtual Chat Room
Cave of the Dragon
My Other Dragon Theme page
Dragon Dinner Menu

GOLDEN JOURNEY TO SAMARKAND
'GATES OF DAMASCUS'
"The dragon-green, the luminous, the dark, the serpent-haunted sea."
JAMES ELROY FLECKER (1913)

There Be No Dragons And shall ye fear the dragon's breath because his heart ye do not know? And thus ye wish him painful death employ the means to make it so? Proud heroes all, to young and old, compelled to act as heroes may with strength of steel and manner bold to save all men, the dragons slay. Thus all his brethren met their fate on blades of knights both true and brave; that fear of mortals thus abate, destroyed and sent to fiery grave. But dwells one still whose heart doth beat a mournful tribute to his kin whose time on earth was passing fleet and like shall not be seen again. Alone he sleeps beneath the moon in rocky mountain solitudes wings in tatters, soul in ruin, his breath, not fire, but pain, exudes. And weeps great tears for all the loves that he has known. For them he yearns and for his children, gentle doves, who died at hands of men unlearned. His ache shall have no earthly ease there be no healing for his heart, his funeral keen shall haunt the breeze until this world he doth depart. He thus lifts ragged wings to flight dark silhouette against the sky to soar aloft, full lonesome sight, for he shall be the last to die. Sandi Raub darcysmail@yahoo.com
	O TO BE A DRAGON "O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-- of silkworm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!" MARIANNE MOORE (1959)
DREAMER "One who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." OSCAR WILDE
	LINKS What is a Dragon? http://www.draconian.com/whatis/ Children's Poetry http://members.tripod.com/~f_fly/magic.html My Palace Virtual Chat Room Cave of the Dragon My Other Dragon Theme page Dragon Dinner Menu
GOLDEN JOURNEY TO SAMARKAND 'GATES OF DAMASCUS' "The dragon-green, the luminous, the dark, the serpent-haunted sea." JAMES ELROY FLECKER (1913)