----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TALES OF AYELSFARN (An Aethereal Menagerie) (Second Edition) Copyright 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Includes all original and revised poetry and prose ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie I (1985) The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie II (1991) Copyright 1985, 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ISBN 0-8059-2988-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .c2. Woe to that rough grain of sand Ardor, perception, an embrace: Show me that these exist. Upon gazing by my joyless face And witnessing this human race, Anyone could see Why I would forever resist: The cause is quite clear to me. An untried love doth remain penned Even though it was once sorely opened. A great rise And a great fall did transpire; Devotion reels as one of us cries And the soul ever endeavors to go much higher. Woe to that rough grain of sand! An untried emotion Did fail its first test. From land to land I did travel, with fogged heart, studied the giant ocean. Oh, the infinite sea, Though mighty never even rivals the Divine power. With endless sounds my thoughts did abound And disclose more meaning for me, And yet my heart ever grows even more sour. It would be grand if you were around. My love, my sire, oh how I tire Soul to soul still by that silver wire. Know Ye, Jeanne Theresa, that I love you still And by my imperishable soul This shall remain and I always will. -------------------------------------------------------- / / /__,_ _ o ____ /_ __. __ /_) (_