Article voiceover
Bird of mighty kings Of kingly crowned head Cry out from above Shake mortal men with your dread; Shake the plotting princes Track the tyrants down Glower with your eye Master all them with your frown; Little masters fleeing From your taloned hand Grasping without reach Spreading their nets o'er the land; Spread your wings about And wheel in your gyre O'er the crumbled farms Cities consumed in their fire; And consumed the corn Of posterity Save the golden sheaf Rescue the sons of the free; Loose the arrows held That going they may fly Come as comes the squall Lightning which courses the sky! In the course of things The fire we must renew Head you had but one Rising up now become two!
Author’s note: Enjoy the voiceover this time! It really sells the content.
Awesome audio. Sounds like it should be the opening to a Manowar song.
This works well. Hopefully the addition of backing music to poetry will be more widely adopted on Substack.