Lay of Kushta, Sonnet 38
Cecil the Paladin spent some weeks’ time rallying the lords
Of Armatta, which to him was a sport and fun, rather
Than serious hard work. So while Jamal dallied, and Bob
Fought garou, and Edmund mop’d, and Saul hik’d, Cecil with his words
Exhorted vehemently in Maliva’s name with blather
So that most believ’d the Empire must come, and a small mob
Of agreeable lairds follow’d Cecil about Armatta.
Towards Argora’s holy Temple they made procession.
So that at high full moon in cold winter they did arrive.
No Romanov, no Bourbon, no Hapsburg or Mahratta
Had greater pomp and circumstance. Edmund’s intercession
For Geoff’s coronation did meet with acclaim and thrive.
So it was that Jonachem in winter, amid cloudburst,
Did from jade stair proclaim the Empire of Geoff the First.