Flee this realm of fear and pain!
Death and terror both await
The wretch who enters Shadowgate!
--"The Warning of Shadowgate," Dragons of Deltora
My light will shine like truth through the darkness.
I was born in the mind of Adin.
I was made by the builders of Raladin.
The magic of Tora protects me.
Sailors in peril will bless me.
--"The Bone Point Light," Dragons of Deltora
If you pass, your fate is sealed.
Ahead, pure evil lies concealed.
Turn now, while you have life and breath.
Flee now this realm of living death.
--"The Warning of the Isle of the Dead," Dragons of Deltora
Lose and win? Or win and lose?
royal coward, you must choose.
Bow your head and creep away,
Or you and yours will curse this day.
--"The Shadow Lord's Dare," Dragons of Deltora
Sisters four with poisoned breath
Bring to the land a long, slow death.
But death comes swiftly if you dare
To find each sister's hidden lair.
Their songs like secret rivers flow
To hold the peril deep below.
And if at last their voices cease
The land will find a final peace.
--"The Verse of the Four Sisters," Dragons of Deltora
This is our cry
This is our prayer
Peace in the world.
--The Hiroshima Memorial in NYC
I'm not a Sir, but a serf,
And my enemy's worse
Than a knight ever cursed.
My foes are the dirt, the dust,
The filth and decay.
I brandish my mop, my rag,
And my scouring pad.
My enemies flee, or they melt,
Or they die.
But they have friends, and
Their friends have friends,
Who have more friends.
And whatever I try,
The dirt never ends.
Slime and grime,
Sludge and smudge,
Mud and crud.
Oh, gooey guck.
And gluey muck.
I'm not a Sir, I'm a serf,
And my enemy's worse
Than a knight's ever cursed.
--"Aza's Cleaning Song," Fairest
