Narrated in the dialogues of antiquity
Written by a scholar of fame immense
Plato, the philosopher from Athens
The story as told to Solon the lawgiver
At Egypt in Alexandria by many a scholar
There was an island not in the Aegean
A rich powerful state beyond the Mediterranean
For beyond the mighty pillars of Hercules
Straits of Gibraltar also one of it's names
Was the great civilisation called Atlantis
Great was it's wealth and mighty it's weapons
Mysterious were their crafts
Unknown and strange were their gadgets
Not only were food,water and gold in plenty
The crop of the civilisation yielded the harvest of goodness in bounty
However is there such a thing in this world
That can withstand the test of time,new or old?
For though the weapons and the wealth increased
The morality and virtues of the people decreased
There came an insatiable thirst for power
This resulted in a hunger to conquer
Their armies laid siege on one state after another
Devastated the islands of the Aegean with war and plunder
Just when it looked as though destruction
Was going to sweep through the Aegean
There came the mighty army of Athens
Dear to Athena, the daughter of Zeus
Like the mighty thunderbolt of Zeus they struck
And held the Atlantian army in check
While the Atlantians prepared for another onslaught
The earth beneath them gave way to a rude jolt
Waves of water rose around the island like mountains
Fire spewed forth from the earth's insides
Of no use were the stupendous crafts or the weapons
The earth and sea engulfed the island of Atlantis
Save some people who fled to Egypt and Israel
Everyone else was to nature's hunger a meal
For much was the wealth and opulence of Atlantis
Belittled was it by the power of the Gods
The great paradise called Atlantis
Was destroyed because of a shifting in the heavenly bodies
Those who are lavish in enjoying pleasures
Whose greed renders them heartless to other creatures
For them there is nothing but death and destruction
Concludes Plato, a scholar of supreme reputation
Thus ends the story of a paradise lost
The moral is to "goodness and virtues" hold fast
For greed and immorality are like a fire
That will destroy the very house where it does reside
--Inspired by the dialogues of Plato
