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Walküre:
PEAKS OF ETHER



--- Zitat ---Clad in wild ether,
As emerald serpents that swift slither,
Covered and hidden,
Fey heights, fog-ridden.

Home to trick and dread,
Voracious jaws they have fed,
Be it nasty Goblin inside his cave,
Be it fell watcher under the wave.

Dwelling of wealth and might,
Aye, storing fair diamonds of stainless white,
Where dwarf-lords would rule fain,
Ere smitten they were by a real bane.

In truth, another one in the tale,
Whom none wanted to mourn or wail,
The deepest pit he elected as lair,
With the sole company of riddles and the heaviest weight to bear.

A tomb for the defiant guard,
Flooded by horror, the path was then barred,
Until a fellowship broke the silence of the empty hall,
Upon a bridge of doom, whence two angels were thus to fall.
--- Ende Zitat ---

Walküre:
NEEDING HELP AND FRIENDS



--- Zitat ---Where was the vast kingdom of stone?
Where were they, when fiends mauled us to the bone?
The fierce knight was in need of aid,
The White Hand to every land siege had laid.

The lonely rider sought help and friends,
Willing to forgo rivalry and make amends,
Forswearing quarrel and enmity,
Since ever is pardon a fine quality.

The weary king has waited in vain,
Where his throne had thitherto lain,
A homely town of hay and straw,
There sat the crowned and reigned law.

Huts and shacks began to burn,
Maidens and ladies were thence to mourn,
Refuge was found behind walls and gates,
Wearing hard wire and sharpening blades.

Akin men had not answered the plea,
But never were defendants about to flee,
The fort was held and stoutly saved,
For the jolly chant of yeoman and pretty maid.
--- Ende Zitat ---

Walküre:
STRANGE OLD FRIEND



--- Zitat ---"Aye, old mage, I shall rob it!"
A great treasure inside the mount,
Thus uttered the tiny Hobbit.

"Well, my little friend, it's a quest of marvel and snare",
So replied the grey sage,
"Art thou to crave the drake's lair?"

"Much I desire to avail the task",
But wary was the half-man of peril,
"Never have I trodden outer ways at dusk."

"Merry helper of mine",
"More lieth in thee than eyes behold",
"I shall give thee my courage and thou shalt thine."

Peradventure, that was verily such gallant a deed,
Beside folks that in stone fondly dig,
And Bilbo heeded the wizard's word and took a steed.
--- Ende Zitat ---

Walküre:
PROFANED REGAL HOME



--- Zitat ---A place of joy and treasure,
Of happy times and dear leisure,
As the moon fell gently,
As nought of common seemed really ghastly.

The stronghold of the East,
Leaning on the peaks of shadow and beast,
Blessed by the pale gleaming of night,
So alien to angst or fright.

A castle about the vanquished foe,
Near burrowed lairs and ravine low,
Bright, in the after-day,
Glowing lively as sole stars may.

She guarded the passage across dusk,
The twin-city and her daunting task,
Fortifying Gondor's wall and gate,
Ere tragic turned thenceforth fate.

Lastly, the king's reach got thus short,
Wraiths broke defence and claimed dominion on the fort,
Profaning the fair regal home,
Casting horrible spells from its silver dome.
--- Ende Zitat ---

Walküre:
THE GREY SORCERER (CLASSIC SONNET)



--- Zitat ---Buoyant he walks the fond green way,
He's deemed queer wizard and old sage,
Versed in wonder as great mage,
Greeting ever-nice words and good day.

Potent hero in folk's lay,
His heart is castle of no rage,
Drawn to riddle and dusty page,
Traveller of yore, clad in grey.

Never is the sorcerer early or late,
Before ill and peril he shan't cower,
Worst enemy for minion and fiend.

Well-wished his coming in nasty wind,
Hope is finest weapon and grandest power,
When all bodes woe and sorry fate.
--- Ende Zitat ---

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