Aeric's Odes to Oghma

[Dagesh]

*The Anonymous*
A Commissioned Piece

The road is dark so oft it seems and boughs bend low to snare
Nightmares tread long within my dreams and naught but fear is there

Alas and woe! All hope has fled! My spirit dried and sapped
Cracked earth is now my only bed. Oppression! I am trapped

What-ho I see a light but faint it does not tarry long
It lifts me high, removes my taint, I hear the new day's song

Who are these we fear and love, for fearsome is their work?
No names are known, no class thereof, they raise us from the murk

You foes who grin when darkness hides, who think that you have won
"You have been warned", your better chides, "No rest. We've just begun."

An original piece by Aeric

[Dagesh]

~Gather to the Lord of Knowing~

Gather children. Learn the Lord of Knowing
Listen all who hear these verses now
You will find, where from these lyrics flowing,
Gracious lore is heaped upon your brow
Oghma comes to educate
On these words, we meditate

From afar he Traveled to this strange land
When anew was made this place, our world
Concepts, raw, he Gave us means t'understand
He has bound what once was unfurled
Choas now restrained by name
This god of old is worthy of his fame

What is forged without the way of knowing?
Where's the path if we don't know the way?
Mountains bow, ideas overthrowing
Quills crush swords, insight wins the day
All should learn and ascertain
Lest they fall and die in vain

Now this day you learn this grain of Knowing
Lest it's plucked from obtuse or deaf ears
He will guide his preparation showing
A lasting gift growing through the years
Oghma bless that you hold fast
In great learning 'til the very last

Another original piece by Aeric