England in 1819
Percy Bysshe Shelley
An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King;
Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow
Through public scorn,–mud from a muddy spring;
Rulers who neither see not feel nor know,
But leechlike to their fainting country cling
Til they drop, blind in blood, without a blow.
A people starved and stabbed in th’ untilled field;
An army, whom liberticide and prey
Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield;
Golden and sanguine laws which tempt and slay;
Relgion Christless, Godless, Godless–a book sealed;
A senate, Time’s worst statute, unrepealed–
Are graves from which a glorious Phantom may
Burst, to illumine our tempestuous day.
OMG, sound familiar?? I happened to be reading this for class today, and well, you can see how hard it hit home. “Golden and sanguine laws”: laws bought with gold and leading to bloodshed. “Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know”–how could this not remind you of the officials in our country who claim to be for the people and yet do nothing for them. It ends, of course, with a “glorious Phantom…to illumine our tempestuous day”–a call to the people, a call for a Revolution that will take the country out of its misery.
ooooh ooh ooh ooh i know who that guy is he’s mary shelleys husband oooh!!
mwahahaha how clever am i che che bel (answer is very clever cheryl pat back)
anyway that IS a leetle bit disturbia hmmmmm i wonder who it could be. my classmate had a stalker the other day. good looking one, unfortunately. ah well.