The Old Ones

There are places in the country where

No people show their face,

There are warrens, there are spinneys

There are copses beyond trace,

There are thickets and some groves wherein

The old religion stays,

Left behind by Priests and Druids

To remind us of their days.

 

And a lurking spirit watches

Through the branches of the trees,

Since the time the Roman soldiers

Brought the Druids to their knees,

While the northern gods are hidden

In their days within the week,

Sulking through the groves and hedgerows

Where at night, you’ll hear them speak.

 

When the wind is loosed in fury by

The witches of the north,

With the topmost branches swaying

You will hear them when they talk,

Though their speech is none too pretty

They might howl and weep or wail,

For the lost days of their glory

When they ruled this misty vale.

 

Then they’ll rage across the country

Carried howling on the wind,

While Thor will raise his hammer

Bringing thunder to the glen,

He’ll return with Tiw and Woden

To the spinneys and the copse,

To await the day that Odin

Burns the world with Ragnarok!

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Anya Myth]

I loved it. It reminds me of all my favorite books, all medively and such. It's really great. I mean I could picture it in m y mind eye and I was thinking 'Damn, that would be one awesome movie', but then again it could be many awesome movies and books. Keep it up. :)
P.S. I really really really loved this one... I don't know if I've mentioned it before? 0:)

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Reading reflects ones use and you read well.

[Mr Edd]

There are places in the country where

No people show their face
,,,,,,,,,,,,i love those two lines....yes there are but why

[relinashinee]

That was so awesome!!! I love this poem :)

[Jesal Gohil]

one place..has so many stories!!!.loved it

[victoria]

Oh I really enjoyed this, mystical and mythical too with a hint of sinister....wonderful rhyme and flow and so very well crafted..

[Silent Kim aka mizmetap..]

Another of your well crafted tales written to be enjoyed.

[TPK Stories]

The only mythology I've known is what my son tells me from his mythology class. Good story.

[Patricia B. Hepler]

I read this silently then I decided to read it aloud. This rhythmic mythical story, especially in the first verse, evokes memories of my own childhood when I would read & daydream of the mythological gods~
Thor, son of Odin, will bring thunder...to await the day that Odin burns the world w/ Ragnarok..
Mythological Armageddon?
Thank you sir, for sharing your excellent works~
~pat

[Lena M. P.]

Makes one wonder if the mystics from lore were real and just waiting to a chance to return. I loved how you incorporated natures elements as the voices of the guardians angry at their fate.

[Enid Blake]

A very atmospheric poem.