----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TALES OF AYELSFARN (An Aethereal Menagerie) (Second Edition) Copyright 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Includes all original and revised poetry and prose ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie I (1985) The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie II (1991) Copyright 1985, 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ISBN 0-8059-2988-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .c2. Eden by the bay Oh, how I wish I could Return to that home I knew. A place where the pond is green And the sky is a mottled blue. The aspects of the rolling hills And the old-fashioned country frills. To live from the land as the Lord chose And pay no fee for sociocontemporaries. A day, an hour, a moment of calmness, Just one among the many restless here. To the north winds coarse caress, A tree of wood to lean on and know no fear. There is a place where one may go, Where one may see That within grows a single flower, Untouched and unscarred by our "humanity." I yearn to canoe the calm bay waters To that river that crooks the land And gaze upon the lonely wildflowers And bring to them a friend. -------------------------------------------------------- / / /__,_ _ o ____ /_ __. __ /_) (_