Songs of the Land
-Golden Boy-First Seen in Chapter 1 of Lord Fould's Bane
Golden boy with feet of clay
Let me help you on your way
A proper push will take you far--
But what a clumsy lad you are!
-Lena's Song of beauty-First Seen in Chapter 5 of Lord Foul's Bane
Something there is in beauty
which grows in the soul of the beholder
like a flower:
fragile--
for many are the blights
which may waste
the beauty
or the beholder--
and imperishable--
for beauty may die,
or the beholder may die,
or the world may die,
but the soul in which the flower grows
survives.
-Atiaran's Song of white gold-First Seen in Chapter 6 of Lord Foul's Bane
And he who wields white wild magic gold
is a paradox--
for he is everything and nothing
hero and fool,
potent, helpless--
and with the one word of truth or treachery,
he will save or damn the Earth
because he is mad and sane,
cold and passionate,
lost and found.
-The Legend of Berek Halfhand-First Seen in Chapter 6 of Lord Foul's Bane
In war men pass like shadows that strain the grass,
Leaving their lives upon the green:
While Earth bewails the crimson sheen,
Men's dreams and stars and whispers all helpless pass.
In one red shadow by woe and wicked cast,
In one red pool about his feet,
Berek mows the vile like ripe wheat,
Though of all of Beauty's guarders he is last:
Last to pass into the shadow of defeat,
And last to feel the full despair,
And leave his weapons lying there--
Take his half unhanded hand from battle seat.
Across the plains of the Land they all swept--
Treachers lust at faltering stride
As Berek fled before the tide,
Till on Mount Thunder rock-mantled side he wept.
Berek! Earthfriend!--Help and weal,
Battle-aid against the fow!
Earth gives and answers Power's peal,
Ringing, Earthfriend! Help and heal!
Clean the Land from bloody death and woe!
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