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The sky so close, heaven so far
and sand is white, white as your arms
Look through the bars
look at the stars
night covered the land with her charms.
What are the lines between the stars?
The lines of fate, like in your palms
Who wrote them there
in the thin air
the sky is clear as the night calms
The ram, the bull, the twins, the crab
virgin and lion - you and me
Farewell my love,
we'll meet above
between the stars we will be free
I'll be the lion's brightest star:
where no treason can quench my light
and when I fall
to you I call:
Morituri te salutant!
and sand is white, white as your arms
Look through the bars
look at the stars
night covered the land with her charms.
What are the lines between the stars?
The lines of fate, like in your palms
Who wrote them there
in the thin air
the sky is clear as the night calms
The ram, the bull, the twins, the crab
virgin and lion - you and me
Farewell my love,
we'll meet above
between the stars we will be free
I'll be the lion's brightest star:
where no treason can quench my light
and when I fall
to you I call:
Morituri te salutant!
For the "Written in the Stars" contest: fav.me/d68ehfx
The brightest star in the lion constellation is Regulus, meaning 'prince' or 'little king'. Marcus Atilius Regulus was a Roman statesman and general who was consul of the Roman Republic in 267 BC and 256 BC. He defeated the Carthaginians in a naval battle at Cape Ecnomus near Sicily and invaded North Africa, winning victories at Aspis and Adys, until he was defeated and captured at Tunis in 255 BC. After he was released on parole to negotiate a peace, he is supposed to have urged the Roman Senate to refuse the proposals and then, over the protests of his own people, to have fulfilled the terms of his parole by returning to Carthage, where he according to Roman tradition was tortured to death. He was posthumously seen by the Romans as a model of civic virtue.
The poem should be about the night before his death.
The brightest star in the lion constellation is Regulus, meaning 'prince' or 'little king'. Marcus Atilius Regulus was a Roman statesman and general who was consul of the Roman Republic in 267 BC and 256 BC. He defeated the Carthaginians in a naval battle at Cape Ecnomus near Sicily and invaded North Africa, winning victories at Aspis and Adys, until he was defeated and captured at Tunis in 255 BC. After he was released on parole to negotiate a peace, he is supposed to have urged the Roman Senate to refuse the proposals and then, over the protests of his own people, to have fulfilled the terms of his parole by returning to Carthage, where he according to Roman tradition was tortured to death. He was posthumously seen by the Romans as a model of civic virtue.
The poem should be about the night before his death.
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Amazing poem for Regulus.
