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"Peri'el's Song", by Saesealm Faoilean. |
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: "Listen... |
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: "Elanthians hear |
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: the tale often told |
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: How the world we love |
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: weathered great woes |
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: The Immortals conjoined |
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: to keep from the cold |
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: The wide world |
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: with its wondrous moons, |
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: The strong sun itself |
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: safe from spoil." |
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: "Their courage count great |
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: their efforts immense |
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: Guardians of all peoples |
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: guide to this day |
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: The wyrd of the world |
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: safe for a while. |
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: "Each played his part: |
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: hear now of Peri'el's." |
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: "Soft slept in a cave, |
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: in a cradle cavern |
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: Peri'el counted her crystal |
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: as it formed for the world |
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: Cocooned in a crevice, |
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: Peri'el dwelled |
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: Surrounded by beauties |
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: unborn to the world." |
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: "Drew delight in the colors |
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: and crystalline shapes, |
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: Infinitely sweet |
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: she sang to the earth |
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: Coaxing forth song-shaped |
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: pieces of joy |
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: Pyrite and diamonds, |
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: idocrasse, cerussite, |
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: Tourmaline, celandine, |
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: Hav'roth's toys." |
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: "Then came the Dragon.... |
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: "Moved on the surface |
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: the shape of sound |
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: Wings o'er the world, |
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: like a sigh in the trees |
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: A sound-storm gathered, |
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: as the Dragon descended. |
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: Swiftly the fire-drake |
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: sought fuel for Its heart |
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: Cracked open the heavens, |
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: blotted the stars." |
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: "Its moon-shell falling |
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: plummeting down |
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: Elanthia flooded. |
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: The Immortals amazed |
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: Called forth to battle |
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: kindled to war |
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: The skies scorched |
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: Elanthia flamed |
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: All burning in battle |
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: the Dragon came." |
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: "Then came the Dragon.... |
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: "War-wrath of Truffenyi, |
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: stirred by the scorch-storm, |
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: Immortals sword-swinging |
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: a terrible toil |
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: To wrestle the world |
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: from the dragon-devourer. |
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: A week they warred |
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: weary but willful, |
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: The fire still unquenched, |
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: the Dragon unquelled." |
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: "The battle abated, |
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: the Dragon still lived. |
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: Weary the Dragon, |
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: weary the warriors |
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: Many were worried |
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: the world itself died. |
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: Phelim angered |
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: ambushed the Dragon |
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: Sanded Its eyes." |
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: "Then slept the storm-worm, |
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: "Though the Dragon was bound, |
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: disaster was dealt, |
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: The World was bereft, |
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: fire drained to its depth." |
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: "Peri'el warrior, |
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: eyeless and useless |
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: Crippled in combat, |
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: no rune could restore, |
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: No magic remake her, |
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: no salve should save her. |
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: Endured to endure |
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: the dark world's death. |
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: So softly she sang, |
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: singing she swept |
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: Her hair from her face |
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: and single, pale eye." |
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: "Peri'el pointed -- |
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: the silent serpent |
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: Would warm the world |
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: with Its wing. |
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: Clearly she cried |
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: in a voice that could vibrate |
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: The earth itself |
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: to order and shape, |
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: 'Bury the beast |
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: in the heart of the earth |
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: 'Let Its fire |
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: return what it took!'" |
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: "A new lair they gave It, |
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: the Dragon they covered |
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: In a cold cavern |
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: Peri'el found |
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: In the heart of the earth |
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: its heart It became |
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: The hot-serpent slept |
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: as Peri'el sang." |
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: "Phelim's sands she scattered |
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: swift if It stirred, |
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: Lullabye lured |
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: the Dragon to lay |
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: Slumbering still |
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: It sleeps to her voice, |
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: Her voice clear |
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: as the quartz she once made." |
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: "She sings It the heavens |
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: she sings It the soil |
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: She sings It the wonders |
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: buried below |
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: She sings It the stars |
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: faint but still falling |
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: She sings the fire of her heart |
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: and her soul." |
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: "Thus sleeps the Dragon.... |
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: "Put your ear to this shell, |
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: thus Peri'el soothes It |
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: It slumbers and warms us |
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: we rest on Its wing." |
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: "Listen oh children |
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: she sings to It still |
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: In the breathing sleep |
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: of a babe |
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: Or a loved one, |
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: in a sea-shell |
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: Or shush of the sea, |
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: you might hear |
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: How Peri'el put aside |
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: singing bright stones.... |
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:"To sing soft the heart of the warm world." |
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Latest revision as of 23:26, 20 April 2009
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