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EVEN LEGENDS
AS IN
THE LEGEND OF
VICTOR STANDISH
As Alice said in
END OF DAYS
A mortal boy could contend with monsters and gods
for only so long.
It is fitting with this speaking of Victor's last battle against the darkness in THE RIVAL
to note that Jorge Luis Borges was born on this day in 1889.
In the earlier stanzas of his poem, “Limits,”
Borges ruminates on the fact that, though we are aware "there is a limit to all things and a measure,"
none of us can know the specifics —
the familiar street which we have already traveled for the last time,
the book in the stack upon the table which we will never get to read.
The concluding stanzas:There is among all your memories one
Which has now been lost beyond recall.
You will not be seen going down to that fountain
Neither by white sun nor by yellow moon.
You will never recapture what the Persian
Said in his language woven with birds and roses,
When, in the sunset, before the light disperses,
You wish to give words to unforgettable things.
And the steadily flowing Rhone and the lake,
All that vast yesterday over which today I bend?
They will be as lost as Carthage,
Scourged by the Romans with fire and salt.
At dawn I seem to hear the turbulent
Murmur of crowds milling and fading away;
They are all I have been loved by, forgotten by;
Space, time, and Borges now are leaving me.
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Can't be his last battle - Victor lives forever!
ReplyDeletevive le victor...
ReplyDeleteAlex:
ReplyDeleteI chose the Captain Jack photo specifically -- In DEAD MAN'S CHEST, Jack "dies" as does Ulysses before him -- Victor is called the Ulysses of the French Quarter for a reason. :-)
Jeremy:
Victor thanks you! :-)
Legends don't die, they live in our hearts forever. The call of the past, the urge to fight for survival - these things make us human. In order to remember the great deeds, we create legends.
ReplyDeleteLegends give us hope. (remember 'I am Legend'?) How about the legend of Siegfried and Brunhildr? (the one post I did of that has received the most views of any other post - over 3000. I also have a legend in my scifi book.
Victor will never die, completely. He has Meilori's to visit.
ReplyDeletelovely verse...
Victor and Alice are ver lucky to have you!
I still need to read The Rival! As long as you don't kill off Victor. Or Alice. Or Sam!
ReplyDelete...Victor's farewell?! Apparently I've been gone longer than I thought.
ReplyDeleteLove the cover, (I'm thinking I dated her lookalike in high school,had a thing for red heads back then,) and will purchase and review. That poster would make for an impressive addition to my freshly renovated basement ;)
El
D.G.:
ReplyDeleteIn END OF DAYS, neither Alice nor Samuel would let him stay dead. And in THREE SPIRIT KNIGHT, Victor swings back into legendary action.
Michael:
Victor says it is the other way around! I am lucky that the cyclist didn't hurt you worse. I hate losing friends!
Elliot:
The lethal lady on the cover is Delphine Lalaurie, New Orleans' Jill the Ripper. Thanks for buying the book. I am sending you THREE SPIRIT KNIGHT as true thanks!
Words Crafter:
Victor is like Ulysses in more ways than one: he always has a plan, and he always returns. :-)