Almaris' Gem

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ALMARIS' GEM

 

 

Published 1835 IST

Penned by Henry Penton

 

 

Love of one's country is the sublimest of passions,
One which every Orenian should know.
Unchanged still by wars and fashion,
Against history's ebb and flow.

 

Magnificent Oren, our nation,
Our sacred oaths unto thee we have stated.
And with profound veneration
Have seen our forefather's sacrifices consecrated.

 

Some ask if our praises should be tamed?
If we should abandon this hallowed cause?
No, for loyalty shall be exclaimed!
Until each man's dying breath: obedience to the law.

 

We all see her beauty:
Oren, Almaris' gem.
A life spent in duty,
Earns each citizen a diadem.

 

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The Dowager of Dobrov beamed at yet another publication by the incomparable Master Penton, recalling fondly his service, if only brief, as her private secretary. She sent a maid to inquire about acquiring his works in a bound volume, to add to her private collection.

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An old, exhausted Okarir read over the title of the work, expecting such to be a formal tourism guide. Much to her horror, she'd then discover the work to be the vary genre that she had been avoiding; the dreaded POETRY. 

 

"Why? Why do Orenian publishers have to write so much damned poetry?" 

 

She cried in an almost desperate lament to the ears around her that were not there with her in the comfort of her own study in her manor.

 

"At least it's not the sheer mass that those poor, misguided dedicants seem to write, and certainly of a higher quality."