R:
No key, this,
by no ring hung:
held aloft,
and with pride
loud-sung!
Opposed pride
so-rendered unstung.
Thus way is given,
and more than way:
kinship and fealty
play part in this lay.
C. I:
Yet not overlong.
For pride - even well-tended
- unchecked,
needs cause much
be broken,
be mended.
C. II:
What bites itself,
as stubborn buckle-strap?
What seats spring shades,
and darkest leaf-black?
What history lost
gives way to new promise.
C. III:
Two sets of eyes,
bepetalled teeth,
are set on this!
