The Coliseum (Edgar Allen Poe)
Type of the antique Rome! Rich reliquary
Of lofty contemplation left to Time
By buried centuries of pomp and power!
At length- at length- after so many days
Of weary pilgrimage and burning thirst,
(Thirst for the springs of lore that in thee lie,)
I kneel, an altered and an humble man,
Amid thy shadows, and so drink within
My very soul thy grandeur, gloom, and glory!
Vastness! and Age! and Memories of Eld!
Silence! and Desolation! and dim Night!
I feel ye now- I feel ye in your strength-
O spells more sure than e'er Judaean king
Taught in the gardens of Gethsemane!
O charms more potent than the rapt Chaldee
Ever drew down from out the quiet stars!Here, where a hero fell, a column falls!
Here, where the mimic eagle glared in gold,
A midnight vigil holds the swarthy bat!
Here, where the dames of Rome their gilded hair
Waved to the wind, now wave the reed and thistle!
Here, where on golden throne the monarch lolled,
Glides, spectre-like, unto his marble home,
Lit by the wan light of the horned moon,
The swift and silent lizard of the stones!
But stay! these walls- these ivy-clad arcades-
These moldering plinths- these sad and blackened shafts-
These vague entablatures- this crumbling frieze-
These shattered cornices- this wreck- this ruin-
These stones- alas! these grey stones- are they all-
All of the famed, and the colossal left
By the corrosive Hours to Fate and me?"Not all"- the Echoes answer me- "not all!
Prophetic sounds and loud, arise forever
From us, and from all Ruin, unto the wise,
As melody from Memnon to the Sun.
We rule the hearts of mightiest men- we rule
With a despotic sway all giant minds.
We are not impotent- we pallid stones.
Not all our power is gone- not all our fame-
Not all the magic of our high renown-
Not all the wonder that encircles us-
Not all the mysteries that in us lie-
Not all the memories that hang upon
And cling around about us as a garment,
Clothing us in a robe of more than glory."
AN ANCIENT PASSIONSWORD STORYBOOK TALE OF TALES...
FOREVER SEEN IN A TIMELESS GRAND JOURNEY ENTERPRISE
RELEASE DIVINE DREAM QUEST AWAKENING...
FOR...
WHEN AN IDEA REACHES CRITICAL MASS
THERE IS NO STOPPING THE SHIFT
IT'S PRESENCE WILL INDUCE.
EVEN IF EVERY NOW & THEN IT COMES FROM
A DESPERADO GLADIATOR ZERO FOOL SUCH AS I...THIS DREAMER
A WORLD FILLED WITH HOPES
IT'S THE DREAM I'VE AWAKENED TO
WITH THE TWINKLE OF THE NIGHT SKIES
A WISH BECOMES YOU.
SWEET WHISPERS OF LOVE
UPON MY RESTLESS HEART
COMES THIS DREAMER,
THIS DREAMER OF MINE...AS THE MOON GLISTENS
TO THE STARS THAT LISTENS
TO EVERY HEART THAT BEATS
THROUGHOUT THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
LIFTS THE SOUL TO FLIGHT
WITHIN THE LIFE OF THIS DREAMER
THIS DREAMER OF MINE...
FOR THE DAWN HAS ARRIVED
TO A NEW DAY AND TIME
AWAKEN BY A DREAM
OF A WORLD FILLED WITH CHIMES
SINGS GOODBYE TO THIS DREAMER,
THIS DREAMER OF MINE.
(WRITTEN BY TACY MARIE TO GLADIATOR ZERO)
SO... "CALL ME UP FROM DREAMLAND (Van Morrison)
Well Ive tried and Ive tried
But the river seems so wide
And my head hurts and my hands are tied
And its so hard
When youre standing on the yard
Every time your number comes aroundCall me up in dreamland
Radio to me man
Get the message to me
Anywhere you can
Let your river roll
Way down in your soul
Never to grow old
On a saxophoneFrom the airport to the plane
Way to the railroad train
Why dont we take it from the top
And start all over again
Every time you hear that whistle blow
You know you gotta put on your show
Every time your number comes aroundFrom the car to the bar
Why dont you pour it in a jar
Put a label on it
And send it off to the lost and found
You gotta get it in your brain
Before you go insane
Every time your number comes aroundCall me up in dreamland
Radio to me man
Get the message to me
Anywhere you can
Let your river roll
Way down in your soul
Never to grow old
On a saxophone
THUS TO ALL PASSIONSWORD ARENA GREEN GLADIATORS
I SALUTE YOU ONCE MORE IN STRENGTH & HONOR
FOR ONCE AGAIN THE TIME HAS COME ...
TO BE SIGNING OFF IN PROFOUND SADNESS
& IN DEEPEST BITTER SWEET SORROW UNTO
ETERNAL "PIECES OF THE NIGHT" MEMORIES
~ GLADIATOR ZERO ~
THUS "COME & SEE" INTO THE COMING FUTURE LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE TIME TUNNEL OF ALL DREAMS COME TRUE
SO BE THERE...FOR FOREVER CALLS FORTH WITHIN EACH & EVERY
CHERISHED MOMENT SEEN IN TIME & SPACE & IS ETERNALLY...