Your name will divide opinion for as long as Europe lasts, and many think only of your overweening ambition. Yet you saved your country from chaos, and even as your armies marched across the continent they were engaged in an act of creation as much as destruction, resulting in the making of modern Europe. And in their wake you imposed a unified legal code that has never been replaced. Even in England where you were both f...
There is a land of sweet delightsA place by love defined,Where I have wandered oft by night,Exquisite joys to find.Its gentle hills, so soft and round,Are ripe for each caress,Their swelling curves, in beauty, crownedAwait my lip’s impress.My hope is that the lightest kissReaction will inspire,And buds of red in search of blissBreak forth in shoots of fire.On hidden paths through dappled groves,Searching for beauty wild,I...
I have been laid open, Exposed for all to see The scar tissue of my heart That forms your name. For only you could penetrate My impregnable defense, And rip from my soul The burning forever flame. Your wiles, your smiles, Your lustful kisses, your whispers That called my name were Cruelly dealt by your conspires. You owned my heart And conquered my spirit. My soul painfully impaled By your wet desires. I still tasted your...
