----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Summum Bonum Behold in the coming of the Lord And righteousness thereof; Remember the holy naming And the ascension of the Dove. Ye who are wise shall Inherit glory: But shame shall Be the promotion of fools. *2 Those who would desecrate The Divine Creation Would as easily perpetrate Their imperishable soul to Hades' nation. As the prism upon the prison wall Or the crystal globe in a velvet hall Is like a vision -- Even a revelation from the Prince of Lights, The one who knows all; Seek ye first the Kingdom of God And his holiness; For then shall all Elysium Be added unto you. *3 ------------ 1 - The title was originally the title of a poem by Robert Browning; it is Latin for "the highest good." First appeared in "The Cheap Days Return;" Edgewood High School's annual literary magazine, Summer, 1982. Appeared secondly in "The Tales of Ayelsfarn, 1986." 2 - "Ye who ... of fools": Proverbs 3:35. 3 - "Seek ye ... unto you": paraphrased from Matthew 6:33 and Luke 12:31. -------------------------------------------------------- / / /__,_ _ o ____ /_ __. __ /_) (_