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-<blockquote>Gather ye gnoll-heads while ye may,
+<b>To the Goblins, to Hastily Brine</b> (perhaps better-known by its first line, "Gather ye gnoll-heads while ye may") is a poem composed by the skald [[Bogo Grodog]] to commemorate [[The Fishwives]]' defeat of the [[gnolls]] on [[Hag Island]]. The poem takes the form of advice to young [[goblins]] from the perspective of a seasoned warrior, urging them to properly preserve the meat gathered from a successful battle while it is still fresh - and, metaphorically, to taste the fruits of youth while youth remains. It was first performed by Grodog during the poetry portion of the inaugural [[Sharkless Bay Games]], where it won him acclaim and an officer's commission in [[The Glittering Legion of Ka-Ess]].
-    Black blood is still a-flying:
-The severed skull that grins to-day,
-    Soon will be putrifying.
-That hateful, searing lamp, the Sun,
+== Original Text ==
-    Will rot the mortal flesh;
-Already have his rays begun
-    to spoil lopped heads, once fresh.
-Those heads are best, which are the first,
+<p>Gather ye gnoll-heads while ye may,
-    To be properly treated;
+:Black blood is still a-flying:
+The severed Skull that grins to-day,
+:Soon will be putrifying.</p><br/><br/>
+<p>That hateful, searing Flame, the [[Sun]],
+:Will rot the Mortal Flesh;
+Already have his Rays begun
+:To spoil lopped Heads, once Fresh.</p><br/><br/>
+<p>Those Heads are best, which are the first,
+:To be properly treated;
 The longer left, the worse, and worst
-    The meat when it is eated.
+:The Meat when it is eated.</p><br/><br/>
+<p>Then be not Coy; use well your time,
+:Ye Butchers Expeditious:
+With skillful Salting, Smoke and Brine,
+:Their brains are quite delicious.</p>
+== Musical Setting ==
-Then be not coy; use well your time,
+"To the Goblins..." was later set to music by the [[Fishwife]] [[Ka-Ess Lizardkin]], and it became a popular anthem and drinking song among the goblins and [[halflings]] of [[Hagless-Town]]. Ka-Ess scholars of [[The Spinecracker Amphitheater for Contemporary Poetics]] assigned the work the [[KWC]] number 813 within the category "recipes and drinking songs."
-    ye butchers expeditious:
-With skillful salting, smoke and brine,
-    Their brains are quite delicious.</blockquote>