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< | <b>To The Goblins, to Hastily Brine</b> 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. It was first performed by Grodog during the poetry competition of the [[Sharkless Bay Games]], where it won him acclaim and an officer's commission in [[The Glittering Legion of Ka-Ess]]. | ||
== Original Text == | |||
<p>Gather ye gnoll-heads while ye may, | |||
:Black blood is still a-flying: | |||
The severed skull that grins to-day, | The severed skull that grins to-day, | ||
:Soon will be putrifying.</p> | |||
That hateful, searing lamp, the Sun, | <p>That hateful, searing lamp, the [[Sun]], | ||
:Will rot the mortal flesh; | |||
Already have his rays begun | Already have his rays begun | ||
:to spoil lopped heads, once fresh.</p> | |||
Those heads are best, which are the first, | <p>Those heads are best, which are the first, | ||
:To be properly treated; | |||
The longer left, the worse, and worst | The longer left, the worse, and worst | ||
:The meat when it is eated.</p> | |||
Then be not coy; use well your time, | <p>Then be not coy; use well your time, | ||
:ye butchers expeditious: | |||
With skillful salting, smoke and brine, | With skillful salting, smoke and brine, | ||
:Their brains are quite delicious.</p> | |||
== Musical Setting == | |||
"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." | |||