alarums and incursions

we miss the mark by blaming modern haste

for all the losses that the old declare

since time's the one thing that we cannot waste

 

why bother waiting when the one abased

will be revenged when none is left to care

we miss the mark by blaming modern taste

 

instead of noting that the old displaced

was most unkind and never was quite fair

since time's the one thing that we cannot waste

 

you ought to leave at once before the taste

of anger drives our guardians all spare

we miss the mark by blaming modern taste

 

for those disasters that our kind have faced

the dirty magics came on unaware

since time's the one thing that we cannot waste

 

burning our feet showing our gems were paste

leaving behind only a haze in air

we miss the mark by blaming modern haste

since time's the one thing that we cannot waste