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Australian poet, Decline of civilizations, Decline of empires, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Rise and Fall, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet
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Youβve had your time for basking in the sun,
But everything must die, even a giant.
Your face is pale β your race is almost run β
No longer are you fearless and defiant.
You once were dominant and self-reliant,
But now the dwarves have tied you to the ground.
You have become pathetic and compliant β
With bonds of your own making you are bound.
The dwarves all cheer β a little man is crowned β
He reads his speech β the writingβs on the wall.
His dwarfish slurring words declared profound
By all the dwarves who engineered your fall.
You breathe your last; the sky is dull and grey.
A scribe records: a giant has died this day.
β D.N. OβBrien
