----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Image of you Whilst sailing, among and upon the briny surf, Transiting o'er the fathoms deep I ponder of such a wayward loveborn sight Of beauty that was named after thee. A calm loneliness of the restless ocean Involves me in thoughts of you, of amor 'Would that I could return today to portray To you my undying doting enamor. The multiples of fluid veins Cut a sculpturesque image of you That which within a poet's mind feigns Sparks again as a Philtre anew. There conjures a haunting melody throughout the night A similar, though different, breathtaking beauty of the sea; Stars abound with luminescent foam all around The visage of which somwhow reminds me of thee. -------------------------------------------------------- / / /__,_ _ o ____ /_ __. __ /_) (_