Forgotten Ground Regained

Alliterative Meter

Few were the faithful · fearless enoughTo tackle the task, · tales unfoldingWith letters linked · in lays of gloryAs Caedmon the simple · swineherd taught us,And nameless minstrels, · making music.Long the Loremasters · labored among them,Teaching the arts · of ancient scopsWho sought the music · of serial sounds,Letters linkd. · Alliterative MeterRevived, rang out, · in recitations:Caedmon hymned · creation’s Master;Beowulf boasted, · battle waging,Made an end · of monsters’ mayhem;Theoden Thengling · thirsted for glory,Drank his fill · on the field of battle,Oath fulfilled · defending MundburgAs Tolkien told us, · truth declaring;Lewis laid · the lore before us,Declared of lift · and dip the nature,Told the tale · of types truly,Found them all, · five in number,Made the planets · march in order,Placing the pattern · plain before us.Will we, faithful, · follow after?