EUROPA

Europeans left in Europe - heartland?
No, the soul of earth. Round the inland sea,
The gentle and the strong clustered, a band
Of fireflies outswept - bonus rei.
Flotsam, scrapped bones of Chaos and old race,
The tricklings of sunset, strainings of dawn -
Shine scoured down the walls of space,
And seeded here by furtive angels gone.
What good exists without or within Earth?
And who planted the groves of fragrant Greece?
The vinegar of Rome became wine-worth -
Prometheus is kind, and found, the Golden Fleece.
Europa beatified and Zeus constant?
Eternity was a perfect instant.


GK Chesterton said the Mediterranean Sea was the heart of the world. Teilhard de Chardin's Mediterranean Man cannot be replaced (he would argue) - merely improved upon. To the dismay and consternation of nihilistic and secular liberals, in order to repair the ruins, we will have to build upon European man and classical man just like the medievals looked back to Rome. It seems we must all imitate someone.
However, some have argued for American exceptionalism. The Pilgrim journey was a baptism, where the tribal loyalties leftover were left behind at last. Europe, like the Elves in Middle Earth, will fade and give way to the American hobbits, who are more good than beautiful.