70,989
editsAd placeholder
Book of Poetry: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
no edit summary
No edit summary |
HiddenDragon (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
<!-- See here for tips on how to use this template: https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Template:MiscItemPage --> | <!-- See here for tips on how to use this template: https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Template:MiscItemPage --> | ||
| image = Book Generic G Image.png | | image = Book Generic G Image.png | ||
| controller icon = Book Generic G Unfaded.png | |||
| icon = Book Generic G Item Icon.png | | icon = Book Generic G Item Icon.png | ||
| description = '''Book of Poetry''' was likely written by a [[Reithwin]] resident who passed away on a rooftop beneath the moon. | | description = '''Book of Poetry''' was likely written by a [[Reithwin]] resident who passed away on a rooftop beneath the moon. | ||
| Line 7: | Line 8: | ||
| book spoiler = | | book spoiler = | ||
| book text = [A book of handwritten poems, the ink almost completely faded but for a few enduring words.] | | book text = [A book of handwritten poems, the ink almost completely faded but for a few enduring words.] | ||
| Line 12: | Line 14: | ||
I hold my breath for the sun to fall, | I hold my breath for the sun to fall, | ||
For in the hot collapse of day, I'm brought to you. | |||
For in the hot collapse of day, I'm brought to you. | |||
While Reithwin sleeps, the world entire is ours, | |||
The grass - our bed, the dew - our silver candles, | The grass - our bed, the dew - our silver candles, | ||
The moon and stars our private canopy, | The moon and stars our private canopy, | ||
And you the brightest of them all, | And you the brightest of them all, | ||
My light, my heart, my world. | My light, my heart, my world. | ||
I would watch the stars with you to the end of time - | I would watch the stars with you to the end of time - | ||
But night forever arches into day, | But night forever arches into day, | ||
And the sleepy nothing of the sunlit hours will mutter on. | And the sleepy nothing of the sunlit hours will mutter on. | ||
So instead I shall find eternity in a moment, | So instead I shall find eternity in a moment, | ||
And by the glance of moonbeams in your eyes will I be brought to rest | And by the glance of moonbeams in your eyes will I be brought to rest | ||
As rest should be - enduring, still, | As rest should be - enduring, still, | ||
Longing for naught but itself. | Longing for naught but itself. | ||