Lions and Lace (48 page)

Read these faint runes of Mystery,

O Celt, at home and o'er the sea;

The bond is loosed—the poor are free—

The world's great future rests with thee!

Till the soil—bid cities rise—

Be strong, O Celt—be rich, be wise—

But still, with those divine grave eyes,

Respect the realm of Mysteries.

—The Book of
Orm