Jess (Collins) American, 1923-2004
Song of the Borderguard, c. 1955
ink on paper
13 x 10 1/2 in
33 x 26.7 cm
33 x 26.7 cm
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'The Song of the Borderguard The man with his lion under the shed of wars sheds his belief as if he sheds tears. The sound of words waits — a...
"The Song of the Borderguard
The man with his lion under the shed of wars
sheds his belief as if he sheds tears.
The sound of words waits —
a barbarian host at the borderline of sense.
The enamored guards desert their posts
harkening to the lion-smell of a poem
that rings in their ears."
The man with his lion under the shed of wars
sheds his belief as if he sheds tears.
The sound of words waits —
a barbarian host at the borderline of sense.
The enamored guards desert their posts
harkening to the lion-smell of a poem
that rings in their ears."