Nezahualcoyotl was one of the great poets of the world. Today we only have these few paper shards as a result of the barbarians who couldn't read and destroyed the great libraries of Texcoco and Tenochtitlan.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert E. Bowd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Christoph Reuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] FT PR vs. Historical Facts > An Aztec (Mexica) poem: > > Filled are the bowels of the earth with pestilential dust once flesh and > bone, > once animate bodies of man who sat upon thrones, decided cases, presided in > council, commanded armies, conquered provinces, possessed treasure, > destroyed > temples, exulted in their pride, majesty, fortune, praise and power. > Vanished > are these glories, just as the fearful smoke vanishes that belches forth > from > the infernal fires of Popocatepetl. Nothing recalls them but the written > page. > > > HUNGRY-COYOTE (NEZAHUALCOYOTL) > > King of Texcoco (1431-72) > > bb > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
