Durendal

As the sinking sun
Is cloaked in black,
The time is near,
No turning back.

The steel of legend
Bathed in red,
A mountain pass
Where heroes bled.

A clash of words
Where shadows fight,
To hide the beard
Of snowy white.

When azure skies
Reveal their hue,
The hidden truth
Shall come to view.

– Voltaire

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