{"collection":"bos","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bos/bos491.htm","path":"bos/bos491.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bos/bos491.htm","text":"Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999]\n \n SONG\n by Vivienne West\n (after Taliessin)\n \n I am the sunshine on the verdant greensward.\n I am the Salmon that swims in the stream.\n I am of coal buried deep in the mountain.\n I am the Eagle that sees from the sky.\n I am the myth in the mind of the mystic.\n I am the Crow at the foot of the warrior.\n I am the shield and the spear of the fighter.\n I am the corn and the flower of the field.\n I am the fire that blazes at Beltane.\n I am the woman that rocketh the cradle.\n I am the egg that will hatch in fresh well-water.\n I am the Lizard that dances in ashes.\n I am the woman whose breasts are the hillocks.\n I am the old man whose gaze is of sunlight.\n I was with Isis when bodies were broken.\n I was with Arianrhod in her sky-castle.\n I was the Mare when Epona did gallop.\n Who but me is the wonder of rivulets?\n Who but me is the strength of the storm?\n \n 2254","title":"Internet Book of Shadows: Song (Vivienne West)","type":"page"}