Enjoy this reading of the poem Hymn to Air, part of the Five hymns series by Quivaylan Soth (Michael Williams), the Bard of Ansalon. This poem first appeared in The History of Dragonlance: Being the Notes, Journals, and Memorabilia of Krynn, released on June 1st, 1995. Buy The History of Dragonlance: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/197643/The-History-of-Dragonlance-2e?affiliate_id=50797
Five Hymns: Hymn to Air
Imminent, invisible
region of light and wind,
defining the arc
of the hoopak’s stone
with a riffle of head-high grain.
It goes where it will,
extending horizons
imagining water and earth and fire.
Contained in its cradling,
divine insufflation,
the wind makes everything possible.
The childhood’s element
sea of the barks
of leaf and dust mote
it goes where it will,
abides unexpectedly
and a dozen days pass
before we remember
how it bathes us, sustains us
and halfway forgotten
imagines the life of our days.
One time by the river
when the quietest element
moved on the waters
fragmenting reflection
and spangling the country with light,
and once on a road
where an afternoon storm
beckoned and threatened
the host of the air,
I have stood, oh my brothers,
and marveled the wind at its passing,
for each day is the wake of the wind,
the rich expectancy
of water and leaf,
the engendering flight
of seed and samara;
eight countries of peace
depart in a tumult of sails,
and the king of the wind
is the king of the innocent heart.
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