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Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999], at sacred-texts.com

SONG by Vivienne West

(after Taliessin)

I am the sunshine on the verdant greensward.

I am the Salmon that swims in the stream.

I am of coal buried deep in the mountain.

I am the Eagle that sees from the sky.

I am the myth in the mind of the mystic.

I am the Crow at the foot of the warrior.

I am the shield and the spear of the fighter.

I am the corn and the flower of the field.

I am the fire that blazes at Beltane.

I am the woman that rocketh the cradle.

I am the egg that will hatch in fresh well-water.

I am the Lizard that dances in ashes.

I am the woman whose breasts are the hillocks.

I am the old man whose gaze is of sunlight.

I was with Isis when bodies were broken.

I was with Arianrhod in her sky-castle.

I was the Mare when Epona did gallop.

Who but me is the wonder of rivulets?

Who but me is the strength of the storm?

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