The Lament of Cedric

from Ale Whores of Mercia by SYMBEL

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Cedric, who has seen many a warrior fall, laments the passing of Thane with the assembled villagers. He takes an ash sapling, slices a long slip from its bark, upon which he cuts an 'X'. Each villager gives what they can - bread, corn, or just some spittle - each imbued with a thought-poem from each of them. He wraps these offerings into a leather pouch belonging to Thane, and burns it in the remnants of the pyre. He then begins his lament, from darkness into light - first with bitterness, then with sorrow, and then ending with resolve, as the magic begins to unfold.

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When grief is frozen in spirit-chest
how cruel is sorrow as a friend
whispers cut into ashen flesh
will forge bonds in heathen hearts
Knowing darkness he rode the ways
striding air-roads with raven cries
Our world needs men of worth like Thane
men with honour, light and truth

People will ask of the reasons why?
The rune of gyfu, the sacrifice
No one wants it to be this way
It's so easy, when it's not you

Take solace in raven cries
riding air-roads of those who died
Our world needs men of worth like Thane
men with honour, light and truth

Furthering the cause of gods
Trampling the weak and liars
Scorning at the bitter witch
Marching on with hearts of fire!

(Walking away from the village, Cedric hopes that his words have comforted them in their loss. In times to come, he and those like him will write many poems about heroic times such as these )

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from Ale Whores of Mercia, released May 5, 2007

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