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A fiery dragon will cross the sky,
Six times before this earth shall die.
Mankind will tremble and frightened be,
For the sixth heralds in this prophecy.

For seven days and seven nights,
Man will watch this awesome sight.
The tides will rise beyond their ken,
To bite away the shores and then
The mountains will begin to roar;
And earthquakes split the plain to shore.

And flooding waters, rushing in --
Will flood the lands with such a din,
That mankind cowers in muddy fen,
And snarls about his fellow men.

He bares his teeth and fights and kills,
And secrets food in secret hills,
And ugly in his fear, he lies,
To kill marauders, thieves and spies.

Man flees in terror from the floods,
And kills, and rapes and lies in blood,
And spilling blood by mankinds hands,
Will stain and bitter many lands.

And when the dragon's tail is gone,
Man forgets, and smiles, and carries on,
To apply himself - too late, too late --
For mankind has earned deserved fate.

His masked smile - his false grandeur,
Will serve the Gods their anger stir.
And they will send the Dragon back,
To light the sky - his tail will crack
Upon the earth and rend the earth;
And man shall flee, King, Lord, and serf.

But slowly they are routed out,
To seek diminishing water spout,
And men will die of thirst before
The oceans rise to mount the shore.

And lands will crack and rend anew,
You think it strange. It will come true.

Mother Shipton - 1400s

Her other prophecies foresaw combines, submarines, women's pantsuits, the decline of marriage and children, the fire of London, movies, literacy, etc.

Her other prophecies foresaw combines, submarines, women's pantsuits, the decline of marriage and children, the fire of London, movies, literacy, etc.

But did she foresee hermaphrodites, rap music and Poptarts?

Seriously though, are you still fighting about gold on this thread? Lazmataz (the Keith Moon of Free Republic) sure got alot of attention by his vanity, huh?

I've never heard of Mother Shipton but she wrote nice prose.

But as long as we're on the subject of prophesy, try this one on for size:

"Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'
"And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore:
merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.
The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all...
For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.'...
and (they) cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, "What is like this great city?'
"They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, "Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.'
"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!"
............Revelation 18

In the end, all this will count for nothing anyhow. But then, we are talking about the interim here, are we not?