Bring a Child

Michael Peach

When at last my spirit’s beat,
As they to Lear before he dies
Please play me music soft and sweet
And bring a child to bless my eyes.

Jerusalem
11 January 1994

Without that Muse who once did him inspire, When he

Palistrael, the Anima and Soul Could Armageddon thwart And men

Some thirteen years ago a hell-bent horde Of bearded Yankee

The truth’s now clear, and duly shocks me: Israel’s America’s

The truth’s now clear, and duly shocks me:Israel’s America’s sacred

Because King Donald the Election won,The Tenth Crusade has finally