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[title] => An Alliance of Lore
[time] => 2009-04-28 14:40:59
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[bodytext] => The Orcs and the Ogres had seen fit to unite Together they thought, they would fight with such might For year after year and age upon age A stalemate had been in the war that they wage To the south stood the Dwarves, the Elves and mankind Who without such a cause could not be aligned The foe that they shared meant differences fell And friendships were built with stories to tell The march from the north and the evil it brought Saw madness remain in the death that it sought A trail of darkness and the rivers of blood Were all that were left, once where happiness stood The eve of the battle the generals met The faces were cold and the brows daubed with sweat Plans were discussed yet hope seemed so weak Yet they knew once in view, that's what their men seek The Orcs and the Ogres had come to the end Of a journey of hate and a will to descend On Dwarf and on Elf and on mankind to A swift end to life was all that was due In the south where the Dwarves, the Elves and the Man Had studied and talked and devised such a plan They’d readied themselves, and made safe the play Where the Orcs and the Ogres thought victory lay From over the hill they marched from the south The battle lines drawn, men dry in the mouth The Orcs and the Ogres their weapons in hand Watched as their enemies studied the land The battle commenced with an arrow that fell In the heart of an Ogre who dropped with a yell The Orcs and the Ogres had started to shout But silence fell on them when a rider came out One single man had dared to approach And the noise of his enemy suddenly broke The Dwarves and the Elves and mankind too Had enlisted the help of a wizard they knew The hate from the north turned quickly to fear As the wizard came closer his face was now clear With the raise of an arm and a whisper of death The Orcs and the Ogres took in a deep breath They waited for what seemed an impending doom But nothing appeared in the midmorning gloom The wizard turned back when the magic did fail And rode to the lines of the men who seemed frail From the Orcs and the Ogres the battle cry came Their confidence new it was simply a game The Dwarves and the Elves and those from mankind Stayed silent but fast as the plan did unwind As the Orcs and the Ogres began to advance The elves with their bows joined by men with the lance Stepped forward to meet them and let out a cheer Yet the Orcs and the Ogres moved on without fear The fight to the death where the two sides had met Was vicious and cold, but to repay the debt For the friends in the south for all that they’d lost In the years gone by, it was worth the cost The woods to the east and the hills to the west Now bustled with life like ants in a nest The Orcs and the Ogres had not even seen The Spirits that came when the wizard had been He’d called on the dead from battles of old With the Orcs and the Ogres who then seemed so bold As man holding Lance and Elf holding bow Pierced the Orcs and the Ogres front row The Dwarves came around to attack from the side Yet the Orcs and the Ogres moved on like a tide The spirits came out with the sound of a breath Behind the invaders to reap certain death The Orcs and the Ogres now started to call From the lines at the back as they started to fall at the hands of the spirits who swept through the ranks Of the Orcs and the Ogres, with the dwarves at their flanks It was over an hour since the first arrow fell When silence rang out like a deafening bell The Dwarves and the Elves and the sons of mankind Were victors at last but to them, it was blind For all that was left from the challenge they ‘d seen Were the fields of red, where once had been green It was many a moment of silence around Before a lone voice did utter a sound The wizard came forward and started to pray To thank the good spirits for saving the day The Dwarves and the Elves and Man could just feel The best they could do was stay silent and kneel The spirits returned to accept their applaud And as they approached could feel the reward The faces of dwarves, of Elves and of Men Now suddenly seemed familiar to them It was brother and son, and other such kin Who knelt there before them to give thanks for the win The wizard spoke louder now intended for all His words seemed to carry a deafening call “Don’t sorrow or mourn for the friends that have gone They now stand before you, with us, and as one! Go back to your lands your homes and your farms And never again feel the need to raise arms” [comments] => 2 [counter] => 721 [topic] => 40 [informant] => BryanR [notes] => Please do not comment on your own work. Your comment on this poem has been removed. You can send someone a private message if you wish to thank them. Thank you. Moderator_18 [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 306 [ratings] => 62 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => fantasy )
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