by Fariday on Thu May 09, 2013 1:37 am
---The Bard's Creed---
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What will please the crowd today?
A song? A dance? A tale?
I'm bound to know what eases nerves
More than a pitch'rof ale.
Bound to please by choice and whim
Bound to make them smile
Bound to bring tears to their eyes
And charm them with my guile
Perhaps a poet's epic piece,
Perhaps a lyre's lure
Whate're shall draw them to my stage
Though nothing so demure
Where hast thine beauteous melodies
And minuets tune gone?
Why, to my lips they're bound to be
And spun anew one by one
For there can only ever be
The next great wonderous act
Says so this little minstrel's oath
This little showman's pact
Bound to bring them to their knees
With sad, sad tales and more...
Or bound to bring them to their feet
With applause and cheer and roar!
The heartstrings of the crowd you see
Are mine to tug and pluck
This creed of mine, the Creed of Bards
Will surely bring me luck.
Let the blood flow,
Let the tears fall,
Open your tired eyes
And realize that you're just too late.