All that for this?

Pericles thought

early Athens

Socrates & democracy

authority of aristocracy

Future brilliant

in a misty dawn

Pope thought

Middle Ages

time of Aquinas

authority of God

Future brilliant

in a glowing dawn

Montaigne thought

in Renaissance

rise of nation-states

and national identities

Future brilliant

in early dawning

Founding Fathers thought

reason with religion

ethics without emotion

would supply the need

Future brilliant

in a new dawn

One of us thought

future brilliant

has passed its prime

passed vogue

in the long dawning

of future dawns

Now the bright sun

dispels that mist

and we ask

all that for this?

5/10/09