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Enlightenment (Free verse) by Dovina

O Dawn of Reason, Were it not for you, America bows to a queen, Louis XVI fathered a king, And Marie died old at Versailles. Were it not for conceived equality, Voltaire, and nobility’s shame, Feudal Europe languors still While princes regal ride. But light and wisdom fill our lives, Mold us now two centuries, Crossing every barrier Save the English Channel.

Stephen Robins 21-Jan-05/7:55 AM
Please explain whose Enlightenment so influenced the founding fathers? and please also explain who deposed of slavery first; was it the Clapham bretheren or John Brown? then elucidate me as to which nation has the "Mother of Parliaments", took it in the ass from Hitler defending freedom and then blythely looked on as the nation it had spawned developed a greed unsurpassed in human history. Our Gentlemen have achieved a great deal more to improve the state of the world than your colossally mishapen corporate sloths who only appear to be able to look as far as their next grant of options.

Your final riposte is as sharp as VioletSuedes features.




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