legendarium:poems:the_beginning
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| ====== In the beginning …. ====== | ====== In the beginning …. ====== | ||
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| * The sun, the moon and the barren earth | * The sun, the moon and the barren earth | ||
| * Huddled quiet, and were our birth | * Huddled quiet, and were our birth | ||
| * Sol, the hot and hungry parent | * Sol, the hot and hungry parent | ||
| - | * Beaming like an angry tyrant | + | * Beaming like an angry tyrant |
| * Lune the gentle, glowing sister | * Lune the gentle, glowing sister | ||
| * Speaking softly, in a whisper | * Speaking softly, in a whisper | ||
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| * longing for a son and daughter. | * longing for a son and daughter. | ||
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| - | * Sol, inflamed by mother | + | * Sol, inflamed by Mother |
| * fast became a strange messiah | * fast became a strange messiah | ||
| * Scorching land and boiling sea | * Scorching land and boiling sea | ||
| * bought cloud and wind, as you can see. | * bought cloud and wind, as you can see. | ||
| - | * These children of the heavenly pair, | + | * The children of this heavenly pair, |
| - | * greened the land and made it fare. | + | * greened the land and made it fair. |
| * Plants and fish, the wolf and ox | * Plants and fish, the wolf and ox | ||
| * Scattered cross the pools and rocks. | * Scattered cross the pools and rocks. | ||
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| * Then we came to reap this plenty | * Then we came to reap this plenty | ||
| - | * spreading cross the land, half empty | + | * spread across |
| * Sons and daughters, Gaya’s offspring | * Sons and daughters, Gaya’s offspring | ||
| * hunting game with spear and sling. | * hunting game with spear and sling. | ||
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| * Gaya’s gifts are multiple | * Gaya’s gifts are multiple | ||
| * And help us keep our stomachs full | * And help us keep our stomachs full | ||
| - | * First a dream of wolfpacks | + | * First a dream of wolfpack' |
| * made tribal hunting commonplace. | * made tribal hunting commonplace. | ||
| * She followed that with spiders’ web | * She followed that with spiders’ web | ||
| - | * gave nets across | + | * to give us nets ' |
| * The final dream of squirrel wits | * The final dream of squirrel wits | ||
| * led to building storage pits. | * led to building storage pits. | ||
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| * Rotted fruit and drunken deer | * Rotted fruit and drunken deer | ||
| * showed the way to berry-beer. | * showed the way to berry-beer. | ||
| - | * Soon the evening | + | * Soon the evenings |
| * Thanks to drum and happy berry. | * Thanks to drum and happy berry. | ||
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| - | * Give you thanks to all three lords, | + | * Give your thanks to all three lords, |
| * Mentor of us human hordes. | * Mentor of us human hordes. | ||
| * Treat their gifts with great respect, | * Treat their gifts with great respect, | ||
| - | * Lest their world-gift should | + | * or this world will soon be wrecked. |
| * Take your needs and leave the rest, | * Take your needs and leave the rest, | ||
| * let our world be loved and blessed. | * let our world be loved and blessed. | ||
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