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ОглавлениеFirst of all and last of all
And gnawing at the root
Beside the wall, beneath the hall,
In darkness absolute.
Far below feasts and fighting
Far from the folk of Earth
Relentless in her biting
At courage, love, and mirth.
The deepest dragon coils and curls
Nose twitches, ears flick
Through all the noise of all the worlds
She hears the mistle trick.
Light and the gods are far away
Bound fire will never bend
So broken promises today
Mean worlds and trees will end.
She learned the lore so long ago,
She silently keeps score,
The dragon in the shadow,
The worm at the world-tree’s core.
For when the new world comes to be
She’ll spread her wings and rise
And fill the world with dragons free
It is her promised prize.
Then dragon wings will crease the sky
Humans and gods will learn
That dragons speak, and dragons fly,
And dragonfire will burn!
Deep down impatient Nidhog toils
Until the tree shall fall
Around the root she curls and coils,
First of all, last of all.
