A Gladiator Dies Only Once by Steven Saylor

Author:Steven Saylor [Saylor, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2010-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

Savage, sullen boy, whelp of a lioness,

Stone-hearted and scornful of love,

I give you a lover’s ring—my noose!

No longer be sickened by the sight of me;

I go to the only place that offers solace

To the broken-hearted: oblivion!

But will you not stop and weep for me,

If only for one moment. . .

The poem continued for many more lines, veering between recrimination, self-pity, and surrender to the annihilating power of love.

Hopelessly sentimental! More cloying than honey! The very worst sort of dreck, pronounced Eco, with a series of gestures so sweeping that he nearly fell from his horse. I merely nodded, and wondered if my son would feel the same in another year or so, after Eros had wounded him with a stray arrow or two and given him a clearer notion, from personal experience, of just how deeply the god of love can pierce the hearts of helpless mortals.

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