ROY CAMPBELL

A Muse on the literary side
decides on a mark of the Beast
chooses the Spanish military
riding with a vanished priest,

He expects no Loyalist loss
from dark pain and trouble
won't connect a double cross
in Republican or Royalist rubble

Campbell prefers a Marian lyric
to glory in a sectarian story
in civil war, it's only Pyrrhic Victory
retelling an Orwellian history.