Mar 2018
Because the Dragon Never Forgets
St. George, who fights our daily dragons for us
With golden prayers, and silver sword aloft-
Shall we neglect him on his festal day
Dismissing him as a Perseus myth?
Oh, no – for any man is more a myth
Than any saint, whose glory is in God
And not in his calendar reputation
Or in the vaporous memories of men
Even unremembered, he is our shield -
St. George, who fights our daily dragons with us
St. George, who fights our daily dragons for us
With golden prayers, and silver sword aloft-
Shall we neglect him on his festal day
Dismissing him as a Perseus myth?
Oh, no – for any man is more a myth
Than any saint, whose glory is in God
And not in his calendar reputation
Or in the vaporous memories of men
Even unremembered, he is our shield -
St. George, who fights our daily dragons with us
By the Grace of God, St. George's Day, the 23rd of April, has not been perverted into a cartoon.
Written by
Lawrence Hall
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