“He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.” -Voltaire, philosopher (1694-1778)
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Thought For the Day: He Is A Hard Man Who Is Only Just, and A Sad One Who Is Only Wise
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The Legend of the Sword
The Legend of the Sword
by Michael Doyle
In the centuries that came before
Myth and legend became the ways of lore
Man and mage coexisted in peace
Until Mordred's darkness slipped its leash
A sorcerer turned to his dark ambition
Against mankind in a betrayal of transition
Marching on Camelot as man's stronghold
In an effort to turn light into dark as foretold
As evil and is beasts burn the sacred ground
The good of King Uther was seen as it abounds
There he stands with Excalibur in his mortal hand
He stood to defend goodness and all of England
Victory would be his yet once again
But it was only a moment before he'd have to defend
His people against the forces gathered for evil
All of those hellions led by an incarnate Devil
The hope was for no more purges and an end to killing
Prayer in motion stood and if only the good Lord be wiling
Mage and man might again find their way to harmony
However unlikely this was sure to be the end to be
Drawn into the castle's quiet keep
So much blood would spill to make us weep
Treachery's dagger has silenced the mother
Of the once and future king whose sword belongs to another
The crowded streets of Londonium thrived
As the British people somehow survived
A street urchin in anyone else's eyes
Grew to be a young man of much surprise
A fighter such as he to the core of his soul
If only he might keep the dragon under his control
Nightmares fill yet another feverish night
Until he wakens at the first grace of light
A usurper it is who was then set upon the throne
As the people struggled to remove a sword from stone
Evil there is deeper than deep in the castle's well
Where magical beasties and witches secretly dwell
Whispering warnings about the balance of power
That cannot be transgressed by a fabled tower
The boy king it comes seemly as is inevitable
And the usurper finds himself unable
To keep his bargain or sell himself steep
There are secrets enough that will not keep
The resistance against it is that which is growing
Against the evils that sleep without knowing
The secrets of those who will take their stand for good
Though however the hero struggles to make it understood
That the trouble with Vikings under the king's protection
Is that there is no escape from freedom's daring conception
The boy king is coming and won't be stopped
The will of the people cannot be dropped
Capricious as the tyrant's will is arbitrary
Any tale that tells otherwise is to the truth, contary.
(c) November 19, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Before, Betrayal, Camelot, Century, Dark Ambition, England, Evil, Excalibur, King Uther, Legend, Man and Mage, Mordred, Mortal Hand, Myth and Legend, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Sorcerer, Sword, Victory, Ways of Lore
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First Principles: Knowledge Will Forever Govern Ignorance, and A People Who Mean To Be Their Own Governors, Must Arm Themselves With the Power Knowledge Gives
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.” – James Madison
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Tagged First Principles, Govern, Ignorance, James Madison, Knowledge, Mean, Own Governors, People, Power
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Thought For the Day: Irreverence Is the Champion of Liberty and Its Only Sure Defense
“Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.” – Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Let’s hope this budgetary moment of sheer insanity is stopped at the Senate. It’s insane to think we spend our way to prosperity and our children’s children do indeed matter.
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Line By Line
Line By Line
by Michael Doyle
Scripture, being God breathed
Is to save us from being deceived
Every word is for our training
Ever toward righteousness as we are reading
Reading the Bible filled with our trust
Paying attention as we surely must
The names listed provide more than genealogy
Tracing back to God in truest theology
Each sign or hint of apparent difference
Should be examined closely with reverence
Great things are sometimes given in summarization
And without diminishment given explanation
Quite faithfulness has its eventual payout
Keeping true even where there might be doubt
Doing life as nobly right gets its due respect
Not be put aside in benign neglect
The things in front of us are more important
Then we know and to be cherished with sentiment
Character is lived line after familial line
Revealing as it does, those things which are divine
(c) November 18, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Attention, Benign Neglect, Character, Cherish, Deceived, Difference, Diminish, Divine, Doubt, Every Word, Examine, Explanation, Faitfhulness, Familial Line, Genealogy, God, God Breathed, Line By Line, Names, Noble, Pay, Poetry and Poems, Read, Respect, Reveal, Reverence, Righteousness, Save, Scripture, Sentiment, Sign, Summary, The Bible, Theology, Trace, Training, True, Trust
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First Principles: We Have Therefore To Resolve To Conquer or Die… Let Us Therefore Rely Upon the Goodness of the Cause, and the Aid of the Supreme Being, In Whose Hands Victory Is
“We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die. … Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions.” – George Washington (1776)
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Thought For the Day: America Was Not Built On Fear. America Was Built On Courage, On Imagination, and On an Unbeatable Determination To Do the Job At Hand
“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and on an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” – Harry S Truman
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Tagged America, Built, Courage, Do, Fear, Harry S. Truman, Imagination, Job At Hand, Thought For the Day, Unbeatable Determination
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Gotta Get the Truth Out
Gotta Get the Truth Out
by Michael Doyle
Both sides are right
Both sides are wrong
In the dead of the night
Where do I belong?
The words that are said
When none should speak
Roll around in my head
As I look down from this peak
There's a lot to this world
That I'll never really know
It makes me want to hide burrowed
Until the truth can show
Written in the lines on my hand
Is the story that has not been told
I wish I could find the peace to understand
But instead, I await each day to unfold
Gotta get the truth out
To the storied masses
Who are also filled with doubt
As our world burns to ashes
Handling it all despite its persistence
With the world around going to Hell
It's past the point of stubborn resistance
Yet, who will remain to tell this tale?
About doing what we had to do
With courage in our hearts and faltered steps
Let the last standing here get the message through
In the spirit of hope when that's all that is left
(c) November 17, 2021 Michael Doyle
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Tagged Ashes, Belong, Burn, Courage, Doubt, Each Day, Falter, Hand, Hearts, Hide, Hope, Know, Left, Lines, Masses, Message, Out, Peace, Peak, Persistence, Poetry and Poems, Right, Said, Show, Speak, Spirit, Standing, Steps, Story, Told, Truth, Understand, Unfold, Words, World, Written, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: Hard Work Spotlights the Character of People. Some Turn Up Their Sleeves, Some Turn Up Their Noses, and Some Don’t Turn Up At All
“Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.” – Sam Ewig
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Tagged Character, Don't Turn Up At All, Hard Work, Noses, People, Same Ewig, Sleeves, Some, Spotlight, Thought For the Day, Turn Up
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First Principles: Society In Every State Is A Blessing, But, Government, Even In the Best State, Is But A Necessary Evil In Its Worst State An Intolerable One
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.” – Thomas Paine
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