to bewail Marley’s eternal affliction
to foment Nehemiah’s masons to arise anew
to unsheathe Durandal in duty at Roncevaux Pass
to shed repletion in want of the gift Eleos bestows
to share communion with Mephibosheth as a pauper alike
to incite an Orphic love even unto the dominions of Death
to reawaken the soul’s wonder of the Basileias banners
to echo the sage implortation of Lady Wisdom’s call
to breathe vigor in dry valleys to rusted sinew
to don the emptied raiments of Saint George
to be found by Diogenes’ lantern light