A Decline and Fall

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Duke of Edinburgh, poem, poetry, Prince Philip death

𝐀  𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞  𝐚𝐧𝐝  𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥

Has died, a potent symbol of the past.

A relic of an Empire gone to dust.

But men, like mighty nations, cannot last,

For cursed time consumes the good and just.

The heads are bowed; the flags fly at half mast.

Britannia’s shield and trident turn to rust.

— D.N. O’Brien