Shakeepuddn Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Woe betide the bowman’s fate, A lesson learned, the task to state. From pole to pole a story told, A mournful trek through mist and cold Of one cross born among the dead, For hope it served, from ice it led Until his point had made its mark And spirits pined for vengeance dark. Now, Purgatory may exist Above our hell . . . this hall is his. And casting pall on night of cheer, One is given the lessoned fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pickett Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Woe betide the bowman’s fate, A lesson learned, the task to state. From pole to pole a story told, A mournful trek through mist and cold Of one cross born among the dead, For hope it served, from ice it led Until his point had made its mark And spirits pined for vengeance dark. Now, Purgatory may exist Above our hell . . . this hall is his. And casting pall on night of cheer, One is given the lessoned fear. for some reason, the first thing that came to mind was the story of Orpheus and Eurydice...But I'm guessing that is incorrect...just getting the ball rolling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Woe betide the bowman’s fate, A lesson learned, the task to state. From pole to pole a story told, A mournful trek through mist and cold Of one cross born among the dead, For hope it served, from ice it led Until his point had made its mark And spirits pined for vengeance dark. Now, Purgatory may exist Above our hell . . . this hall is his. And casting pall on night of cheer, One is given the lessoned fear. Charon, boatman across the river Styx? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 No and no. Interesting answers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 archeron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Odysseus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Noah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Jack of the Lantern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 No joy so far. Good tries, no pies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Woe betide the bowman’s fate, [etc.] Amundsen? Shackleton? Scott? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Ah, there he is! Pole-to-pole is figurative, sort of. Non-historical. Good guess(es) though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 William Tell--he walked by a pole without saluting the governor, and was forced to shoot an arrow off his son's head. The second bolt that he carried was meant for the governor in revenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) Day after day, and day after day, We stuck nor breath nor motion. As idle as a painted ship, Upon a painted ocean. (?) Edit: er, oops. Mis-quoted... Edited March 31, 2009 by d3k3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I go like one that hath been stunned, And is of sense forlorn: A sadder and a wiser man, I will rise the morrow morn . . . AND MAKE MY RIDDLES HARDER!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 AND MAKE MY RIDDLES HARDER!!!!!!! Well, sometimes it just pokes the right recesses of my memory... and the rest of the time, I get to enjoy a great poem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I've missed your work Shakee. This one eludes me thus far, but my mind lies elsewhere of late. I'll get back into the mental swing of things in... I think d3k3 said 20 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Woe betide the bowman’s fate,
A lesson learned, the task to state.
From pole to pole a story told,
A mournful trek through mist and cold
Of one cross born among the dead,
For hope it served, from ice it led
Until his point had made its mark
And spirits pined for vengeance dark.
Now, Purgatory may exist
Above our hell . . . this hall is his.
And casting pall on night of cheer,
One is given the lessoned fear.
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