30.5.12

Verdadeiro, isto

True, This! —
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold
The arch-enchanters wand! — itself a nothing! —
But taking sorcery from the master-hand
To paralyse the Cæsars, and to strike
The loud earth breathless! — Take away the sword —


States can be saved without it!


 


Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1839

1 comentário:

Belzebu Catita disse...

Que poema manhoso. Não admira que o artista seja um ilustre desconhecido.