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The next the leader, half-elven, betrayed
As the twining blood pulls asunder the land,
The forests, the worlds of elves and men. 75
Called into bravery, but fearing for love,
And fearing that, called into both, he does nothing.
NINE THEY WERE, UNDER THE THREE MOONS,
UNDER THE AUTUMN TWILIGHT:
AS THE WORLD DECLINED, THEY AROSE 80
INTO THE HEART OF THE STORY.
The last from the darkness, breathing the night
Where the abstract stars hide a nest of words,
Where the body endures the wound of numbers,
Surrendered to knowledge, until, unable to bless, 85
His blessing falls on the low, the benighted.
NINE THEY WERE, UNDER THE THREE MOONS,
UNDER THE AUTUMN TWILIGHT:
AS THE WORLD DECLINED, THEY AROSE
INTO THE HEART OF THE STORY. 90
Joined by the others they were in the telling:
A graceless girl, graced beyond graces;
A princess of seeds and saplings, called to the forest;
An ancient weaver of accidents;
Nor can we say who the story will gather. 95
NINE THEY WERE, UNDER THE THREE MOONS,
UNDER THE AUTUMN TWILIGHT:
AS THE WORLD DECLINED, THEY AROSE
INTO THE HEART OF THE STORY.
From the north came danger, as we knew it would: 100
In encampments of winter, the dragon's sleep
Has settled the land, but out of the forest,
Out of the plains they come, from the mothering earth
Defining the sky before them
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