Canonised when dead, cannonaded when in life, <br />Lofty your thoughts that savour of content <br />But loftier the craftmanship <br />More congruent in symmetry <br />Than ever are our warring senses- <br />All in silent watch -martyr. <br /> <br />Not your lust of martyrdom but the sculptor's chisel <br />Leaves a living name. world wonder made. <br />Sad, Time and with it, centuries fail to see <br />Not light of fulfilment in your eyes <br />But hollow worn in stone, <br />History's daintily cut lies.<br /><br />yoonoos peerbocus<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-memorial-2/
