Song of Sigurd
by Elevana
Starlight
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A man once
looked around him,
And fell in
love with fair Elgea.
‘I love you
Elgea,’ he shouted,
‘For you are
fierce, sweet, steady and bright.’
*
Four there
were who heard this man’s cry,
And grew
jealous of the man’s love.
The first
fell upon him in fury,
Swift and
strong as a storm of fire.
Grabbing the
man together they ran,
‘I am
fiercer than your Elgea!’
The first
did shout, a passionate cry,
Like fire
raging through the night.
But the man saw
the land’s flaming spires,
And the
first was fierce, but not like these.
‘Nay, I love
Elgea!’ he said,
‘For she is
fierce, sweet, steady and bright.’
*
The first was
angered
and would
have consumed him.
But soothing
song lulled them,
And the
second took him, like a lullaby.
Holding the
man the second did sing,
‘I am
sweeter than your Elgea,’
And enchantment
the second weaved,
Subtle and
sweet as moonlit night.
But the man
still heard the ocean in his ears,
And the
second was sweet, but not as the sea breeze.
‘Nay, I love
Elgea,’ he said,
‘For she is
fierce, sweet, steady and bright.’
*
The second
was sorrowed,
And tears
would have drowned him.
But the
third succored him,
And secured
him above the flood.
With a firm
hand, the third told him,
‘I am
steadier than your Elgea,’
And so the
third showed him the security,
Of forge and
home’s resolve and might.
But from
here the man saw the rolling mountains,
And the third
was steady, but not like these.
‘Nay, I love
Elgea!’ he said,
‘She is
fierce, sweet, steady and bright.’
*
Now the
third, once angered had a fury,
That would
have buried him like a landslide.
But the
fourth did conspire to rescue him,
Bold and
daring, like a gust of wind.
Riding with
the man, the fourth did cry,
‘I am
brighter than your Elgea,’
And the fourth showed him the land tamed,
Mastery of
the fields of wheat so bright.
But beyond the
man saw the vast wilds,
And the fourth
was bright, but not as the sun over rolling plain,
‘Nay, I love
Elgea!’ he said,
‘She is
fierce, sweet, steady and bright.’
*
And to the dismay
of the four,
The man took
Elgea above them all.
And as they
beheld the man’s love for the land - as one they said,
‘Their love
is fierce, sweet, steady and bright.’