Ten rings there are, and nine gold torcs

on the battlechiefs of old;

Eight princely virtues, and seven sins

for which a soul is sold;

Six is the sum of earth and sky,

of all things meek and bold;

Five is the number of ships that sailed

from Atlantis lost and cold;

Four kings of the Westerlands were saved,

three kingdoms now behold;

Two came together in love and fear,

in Llyonesse stronghold;

One world there is, one God, and one birth

the Druid stars foretold.

S. R. L.
Oxford, 1987