The Old Man and The Archer

Words to the Wise - Vol. 01.03

The Old Man and The Archer

Come my friends
spring to in amazement!
Allow me time to express,
for another mark,
a quest of new adventures-
The Old Man and The Archer.

Endeavored to seek a newer world,
the old hero attempted to
resolve dangers past,
but, found all his efforts
squandered and fruitless.

With no better success
he gave up and confessed,
“The beggar as I am,
persecuted with ample vengeance -
looked ‘round for my purpose,
but found none -
I yield my bow to another.”

But amidst the laughter and jeers,
an arrow pierced through
the sounding furrows,
from the hand of his master,
his palace and possessor.

“Do not attempt this time -
trying, and try another!
To bend the bow,
for it to hold,
do not attach insolent uncertainty.
Command it,
with action!”

And to their astonishment,
all were slain.
The old man, humbly -
well armed -
left with his master,
kingdom,
and wife.

Source Material: Bulfinch, Thomas. “Bulfinch’s Mythology: Stories of Gods and Heroes.”, Canterbury Classics, 2015, pp. 269

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