The Reckoning of Man

I remember the shining sanguine Sun

The frozen forests and fallen leaves

And the hollow hill under the sky

I remember the complex cold caverns

The long tranquil tunnels

And the large underground lakes

I remember the dim depths of the Earth

The lucid lady in the light

And her sacred stanza

I remember the bright beast in her boat

The tall troll telling her tales

And the honey in the haunted hollow

I remember the protected password

The secret soothing symbol

And the old Odal objects

I remember the red runes on the rock

The spell of seeing being sung

And the bold opening up of the beautiful burrow

I remember the coming of man reborn

The birth of Baldur the bright

The return of a world that was woefully lost