We are the lords of their coming and going,
Men have remembered the sea-god again.
Men have remembered the sea-god again.
[From the great ben Balor speaks through the falling rain.
Balor. I will sleep still, for my trumpet of thunder,
The master of fear, has been silent for long.
The rain-clouds that armed me are riven asunder,
I will sleep still for the new god is strong.
The master of fear, has been silent for long.
The rain-clouds that armed me are riven asunder,
I will sleep still for the new god is strong.
I will sleep on, for his angels have reft me
Of lightnings that burned in my servants of yore.
War is gone from me, I only have left me
Sleep that is good at the ending of war.
Of lightnings that burned in my servants of yore.
War is gone from me, I only have left me
Sleep that is good at the ending of war.
I will sleep on, for men are forgetting
Balor that strode on the heads of the slain.
Anger is dead, and the old day is setting;
My servants will turn to me never again.
Balor that strode on the heads of the slain.
Anger is dead, and the old day is setting;
My servants will turn to me never again.
Angus. Oh wake, my brother, wake. The hearts of men grown younger
Remember Balor striding above the battle-cry.
The old fires are lit, for the old lusts are stronger;
And men are born to slay again, and born again to die.
[Lightning flashes across the sky, and the thunder rolls.
Remember Balor striding above the battle-cry.
The old fires are lit, for the old lusts are stronger;
And men are born to slay again, and born again to die.
[Lightning flashes across the sky, and the thunder rolls.
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