Bardic Arts

Jade

by
Siobhán ní hEodhusa
Purgatorio (August), 1999 (AS XXXIV)

Blade of long eld
Baneful and fair
Comely and keen
Beauty beheld
Element rare
Treasure of Queens
Prize of the Land
Scepter and throne
History seeing
Alchemists’ hands
Make of a stone
People’s well being
Hard to the grim,
Soft to the eyes
Changing in sight
Warm to the lip
Causing of sighs,
Now dark, now bright
Stone of a man,
Solid and still
Glowing within
Weapon of war,
Signal of will
Stone of a king

'And Obadiah shouted, ‘Long Live King Jasper!’' -- Siobhán ní hEodhusa

[Bardic Arts Page] [Main Web Page for the History] [Who's Who]

The West Kingdom History Website was created by and is maintained by Hirsch von Henford (mka Ken Mayer).