And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
...at night.
ReplyDeletea knight with his blade planted in the soil?
ReplyDeleteI'd as soon plant the muzzle of my rifle in the ground.
That is one dimensional thinking.
DeleteBetter is to be the warrior and the poet.
1st.
ReplyDeleteKnights in white satin
never reaching the end
2nd.
Cold hearted orb which rules the night
remove the colors from our sight.
Yellow is grey, red is white
but we decide which is right.
Looks like he's waiting for the bus...where's his horse?
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