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1616

Who abdicated Ambush
And went the way of Dusk,
And now against his subtle Name
There stands an Asterisk
As confident of him as we—
Impregnable we are—
The whole of Immortality
Secreted in a Star.

Edited by Peter Carter

Added: 2 Apr 2003 | Last Read: 4 Sep 2026 1:35 AM | Viewed: 6980 times

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