Who was he? Leader of the world, Guide of the peoples' sovereign will, Who changed men's fates, merged streams that swirled Their different ways in chaotic swill. October started a new era, It marked a boundary more profound Than the Renaissance or Attilla Or anything in History found. The old world falters, frail and mortal, A new world -- commonwealth for all -- Grows from the October tempest; Lenin Towers at the new world's birth and old world's fall. Earth, humble globe lost in the Cosmos Among the planetary set, That name shall cover you with glory Such as you never witnessed yet. He died; his life was but an instant In endless Time, but what he did Survives his death. His divinations Are a guiding light forever lit. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CANADIAN BOAT SONG; WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE by THOMAS MOORE FOOTLIGHT MOTIFS: 4. NATALIE ALT by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS PSALM 68 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE SNOW OR SNOWDROPS? by MATHILDE BLIND THE ARTIST TO HIS WIFE by STANLEY KILNER BOOTH SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON by BERTON BRALEY EPOGRAM; LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW AT THE KING'S ARMS, DUMFRIES by ROBERT BURNS |