This was supposed to be a song based on a chorus I remembered from High School. But it got out of hand and soon I realized that the only thing to do was let it have its head. <\/p>\n
I was hoping to avoid the odd word ordering people often use to make the rhyme and meter work. I was mostly successful, though there are a few places that I could not help (as well as a few false rhymes). But it was fun and I am rather fond of the result. <\/p>\n
\n\n\nJoyful lover, blithe and free,\nHis beloved trapped in misery.\nFor long ago on a fateful day\nShe had falsely given her heart away.\n\nA dragon red, a deceiving worm\nHad stolen her from her loving home\nAnd cast her into an evil state,\nOf murder, lying, envy and hate.\n\n\nCHORUS:\nA rugged cross became his throne;\nHis kingdom was in hearts alone.\nWith a crown of thorns upon his head,\nHe wrote his love in crimson red.\n<\/i>\n\nHe begged his kingly Father forgive\nHer awful fall and give him leave\nTo rescue her from dragon dire\nAnd save her from its awful fire.\n\nHis Father said, \"Go seek and save\nOne we both love. Be bold and brave.\nBut you must bear a dreadful cost\nTo bring back your beloved lost.\n\nChorus<\/i>\n\n\"And hide your royal glory so\nThat with her eye she cannot know.\nLet her hear your words of love,\nAnd thereby call her back above.\n\n\"For she is drunk with wealth and power,\nAnd grows more so with every hour.\nAnd should she see your glory true,\nShe would love it and not love you.\"\n\nChorus<\/i>\n\nSo he came down, in deep disguise\nHidden from all except the wise.\nHis enemy with slaughter vain\nTried to preserve his evil reign.\n\nHis Father gave him guidance true,\nAnd soon into a man he grew.\nHe taught the learned and humble too,\nAnd amazed them with miracles he could do.\n\nChorus<\/i>\n\nHis enemy tested him long and hard,\nHe passed the test and emerged unmarred.\nHe refused the kingdoms of the earth,\nIn preference for his Father's worth.\n\nThe final battle was dark and grim.\nThe dragon seemed to have bested him.\nAnd now he thinks his victory secure,\nBut his celebration is premature.\n\nChorus<\/i>\n\nFor who could know the Father's plan,\nThat he can do what no one can ---\nEven reclaim his son from death\nAnd fill him once again with breath.\n\nAnd now the dragon is cast down,\nNo more to blight heaven with his frown,\nAccusing ones that he deceived ---\nNow beaten by those who believed.\n\nChorus<\/i>\n\nThe son with joy his bride adores;\nShe joys to say, \"I'm truly yours.\"\nThe jewels, though glorious, that she wears\nAre put to shame by her compare.\n\nAll strife is past, the battle won;\nThe door is closed, the feast begun.\nHis glory shines without disguise,\nReflected in her love-struck eyes.\n\n\nCHORUS:\nA rugged cross became his throne;\nHis kingdom was in hearts alone.\nWith a crown of thorns upon his head,\nHe wrote his love in crimson red.\n<\/i>\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A ballad of salvation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","has-excerpt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346\/revisions\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}