Charles Rex (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Charles Rex "When half-gods go, the gods arrive." R. W. Emerson. Not with the clash of trumpets And clangour of gates thrown wide, As when the eager crowds press round To see the half-gods ride, But like a bird at even Silently winging home, A message came from the darkness To say that the gods had come. And the half-gods scoffed in the temple Which custom had bid them hold - Sin and Success and Pleasure And the hideous Image of Gold. Who and what are these strangers? Bid them worship before the shrine Where we, the gods of the new world, Sito o'er the cards and wine! So they derided the strangers - Those gods whom the old folk call Courage and Honour and Faithfulness And Love which is greater than all. But when the night was over And the new day pierced within, The half-gods were gone from the temple, And the gods had entered in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.