Debarth's Den

Once upon a time, in an eastern land Reigned a king so strong and wise That none could defy his iron hand No voice against his own could rise He spoke with such eloquent power He made his subjects gape in awe He forced all those to hide and cower Who saw in him any fault or flaw Across the seas with a vengeance swept A scourge returned, with deadlier intent Feared not the king, on his high horse he leapt And for conquests more, eastwards he went There with skill and gallantry he fought In the thick of battle, with sabre bared; For pain or death, he cared not aught; No little village, no town he spared Meanwhile, the invader from a foreign shore In stealth had jumped the kingdom's wall The king mocked it; he'd seen it before; The vanquished foe, from last year's fall But the unseen force had menaced the fort Its armies crossed the moat in swarms Of a sudden the king had found himself short Of wits and nerves and shields and arms The mighty "

I recall not the time, of lethe nights and days When the moon's changing ways, and the sun's golden rays; The green of the trees, and the azure of the skies Could regale me not, or my unborn little eyes; As deep within you, tossing and turning; Unknown to me, my life was yet a'forming; As love overflowed your heart into mine With a hopeful throb, in your loving twine W aking and sleeping, you thought and dreamt Only of me, your whole being swept In the warm flood, of a storge so great, Every drop you sipped, every morsel you ate Had a wish for me, and a benediction so pure That millions of ills, it had the power to cure W hat storms you endured all alone When I was but a dream, yet unborn; When slumber you forsook, staring at the night Anon in fright, that I might take flight; When hope and fear your heart did share And rose to your lips in a fervent prayer; Oh! That I could share of a portion of that strife Which you bore for me, before I came to life W hen with rousi