Ode To Victor Hugo (99) 'the Miserable' french Revolution Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim

by Freeyad Ibrahim

I do not think I have the right to kill a man
But I believe it is my duty to abolish evil
in the person of Louis
Said the stateman to the Bishop
‘The judge speaks of the name of justice, '
Said the bishop,
‘The priest speaks in the name of pity.
Which is only a higher form of justice,
Should the shepherd recoil from the sick sheep?
Assuredly not,
But this was a villainous sheep.'
‘Justice has its anger my lord bishop,
Said the man of people,
And the wrath of justice is an element of progress,
The French revolution was the greatest step forward
by mankind since the coming of Christ,
Restoration, I regard a black dot
on the face of Christ and the mankind all.'

FRYAD HUGO
Writer Netherlands