Title
attributed to Andre Norton
Bibliography ~
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* Omniumgathum; An Anthology of Verse by Top Authors in the
Field of Fantasy (1976) Edited by Jonathan Bacon and Steve Troyanovich,
Published by Stygian Isle Press, ph, 64pg ~ Limited to 1000 Copies ~ cover by
Clyde Caldwell
Text ~ (Reproduced here because of the rarity of the magazine in which it appears. - I thought it would be nice to share it with those who have never seen it.)
Mithra, God of the Morning,
Thy trumpet arouses the wall!
Mithra, Lord of the Dawning,
Who hath given rule over all.
With my sword and my shield before me,
And the spears of my men at my back,
Mithra, Lord of the Dawn Light,
March we now to attack.
For the legions have gone from Britain
And the Wall is broken stone.
Mithra, God of Soldiers,
Must we fight on alone?
The ravens scream above us,
Our square is breaking now!
Mithra, God of the Dawn Light,
Remember thou our vow.
For we are the last to hail thee,
In thy shrines to bow the knee.
Mithra, Our Lord of Sunlight,
How came this thing to be?
Do gods die with men who call them?
Lie they also among our dead?
Mithra, the Soldiers' Sheild Man,
We do not believe you fled.
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