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# Heed The Call
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/heed-the-call/
- Published: 2022-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Come, heed Mycenae, Thebes and Sparta! Come heroes, come from near and far to blot out the stain the lowly Trojans dared to deliver Menelaus. The fates are destined to obey us; The Oracle's famed theologians predict a...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Come, heed Mycenae, Thebes and Sparta!  
Come heroes, come from near and far to  
blot out the stain the lowly Trojans  
dared to deliver Menelaus.  
The fates are destined to obey us;  
The Oracle's famed theologians  
predict adventure, wealth and glory.  
The stuff of myth and allegory.

Come meet the best Greece has to offer  
and sail to fill both trunk and coffer.  
A thousand ships will sail together  
Ajax, Odysseus, Achilles.  
We'll sacrifice young bulls and fillies,  
and ask Poseidon for good weather  
Then sail to land on Troy's white beaches.  
As Priam frets over his riches.

Come be the one that slays good Hector  
And if you fall, Elysian nectar  
will fill you with its potent spirit  
and maidens with the grace of Graces  
veils do not hide their lovely faces  
They'll dance for you. Death, do not fear it!  
Come, share the spoils with Agamemnon.  
May cowards stay, fate favors them -- none.