Lament for the Ninth Legion
Mar. 16th, 2004 07:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rosipheleeO! For the fighting Ninth!
Their brightest and their best!
They died on the fields of Moradin.
They died at our request.
O! For the fighting Ninth!
The fierce and the free!
They died on the slopes of Arradé
Rather than bend their knee.
O! For the fighting Ninth!
The fallen and the lost!
They fell from the bridge of Sorrows
And still we count the cost.
O! For the fighting Ninth
Who rode into the Dark!
Through the gates of fire
To the chill and shadowed plain
Their spirits would not tire
‘Till they were the Shadow’s bane!
As they bled their hearts caught fire
‘Till they lit the shadowed plain
But their valour would not tire
For they were the Shadow’s bane!
O! For the fighting Ninth
Who rode into the Dark!
For few came home again
From the Shadow and the pain.
The battle done
The war now won:
O! For the fighting Ninth!
