The Golden One - A Song to Mithras by Rudyard Kipling

00:00:00.000 absolutely massive is what I am greetings my esteemed audience I'm checking in with a quick

00:00:10.620 video I thought to read you all a poem from this fine book now perhaps you saw I made I wrote a

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00:00:29.380 recommend the book if you if you wonder it's a really interesting book now I stumbled upon in it

00:00:35.260 a song to Mithras in the book so I will read it for you and you will admire my poetic voice so this is

00:00:43.140 a song to Mithras from Rudyard Kipling's Pook of Pooks Hill from 1906 a poem that beautifully expresses

00:00:52.840 the spirit of Mithrasism a song to Mithras Mithras god of the morning our trumpets wake in the wall

00:01:02.480 Rome is above the nations but thou art over all now as the names are answered and the guards are

00:01:10.340 marched away Mithras also a soldier give us strength for the day Mithras god of the noontide

00:01:19.560 the heather the heather swims in the heat our helmets scorched our foreheads our sandals burn

00:01:25.440 our feet now in the ungert hour now ere we blink and drowse Mithras also a soldier keep us true to our

00:01:34.980 vows Mithras god of the sunset low on the western main thou descending immortal immortal to rise again

00:01:43.980 now when the watch is ended now when the wine is drawn Mithras also a soldier keep us pure till the dawn

00:01:54.400 Mithras god of midnight here where the great bull dies look on thy children in darkness

00:02:02.320 oh take our sacrifice many roads thou has fashioned all of them lead to the light Mithras also a soldier

00:02:10.700 teaches to die aright how about that quite beautiful poetry in all actuality I believe it's really good

00:02:21.700 stuff so anyway I simply wanted to check in I enjoy reading poetry I hope you do like it too and

00:02:28.280 perhaps I will continue to do so so anyway a short poem by Rudyard Kipling now if you are interested

00:02:34.720 in the rest of the book do check out my book review so good stuff good stuff now I will hit

00:02:40.640 the temple of iron in the honor of Mithras exact so boom

The Golden One - February 07, 2023