High in the mountains <br />Weathered in cold <br />A man of young <br />Has now grown old <br /> <br />Once an enchanter <br />So the story is told <br />Lost his life <br />And sold his soul <br /> <br />His song is heard <br />On mountains high <br />His song is known <br />As ‘Daniel’s Cry’ <br /> <br />His cry of plea <br />His cry of mercy <br />His cry of blood <br />His cry of entreaty <br /> <br />A cry of life <br />Lost to the devil <br />A cry of soul <br />Forsaken to hell <br /> <br />The story begins <br />In the quixotic days <br />Of an Utopian in love <br />A beauty they say <br /> <br />The name was Lynore <br />A Portuguese pulchritude <br />With ivory skin <br />And eyes of dawn <br /> <br />Trapped in her love <br />Sweetest of the kind <br />Daniel in love <br />An amazing sight <br /> <br />Lynore was killed <br />A riding accident <br />Daniel divine <br />Driven to madness <br /> <br />Called onto the devil <br />In grief, in desperation <br />Abdicating his soul <br />For the life of his passion <br /> <br />She came unto him <br />Beauty beyond compare <br />After a while, in love <br />With someone else <br /> <br />The devil was conniving <br />Daniel a poignant fool <br />For the sake of his love <br />His soul cast to hell <br /> <br />Now, Daniel cries <br />On the mountain high <br />Alone in despair <br />Confined in his lair <br /> <br />His song has haunted <br />Many a ear <br />Daniel’s cry! <br />... Another metaphor <br /> <br /> <br />Lynette Dias ~ 1996 – ©Copyright Lynette Dias-Gouveia<br /><br />Lynette Dias Gouveia<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/daniel-s-cry/
