Great Litany ov the Fainted White Rose
(For Daniel)

By Pvra Dalem, December 2001

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Fainted white rose ov miracles deep
(ora pro nobis)
White lead lilium ov albedo incandescens
(ora pro nobis)
Tainted black host ov perdition's breed
(ora pro nobis)
Might ov the west and terror in bloom
(ora pro nobis)
Seed ov an empire and transfigured night
(ora pro nobis)
Snow white brutality, purity and might
(ora pro nobis)
Glacial seed ov alvinitent lily
(ora pro nobis)
Flower ov light afire among thee stars
(ora pro nobis)
Breed ov cold stone alight in the snow
(ora pro nobis)
Assassin ov God, sweet thunder and mithral
(ora pro nobis)
Aorta ov the dead and poisoner of wise kings
(ora pro nobis)
Lethal Edelweiss ov petals bleeding
(ora pro nobis)
Comet ov milky moons ravishing the night
(ora pro nobis)
Bleeding wound ov blossoms bright
(ora pro nobis)
Scourge ov paradise and lovechild ov monsters
(ora pro nobis)
Prince ov affliction, slant-eyed hun
(ora pro nobis)
Blue-blooded plague from the radix ov Death
(ora pro nobis)
Star ov the hidden morning, mew ov the ghostly cat
(ora pro nobis)
Lamp ov the eternally lost in the desert ov glass
(ora pro nobis)
Green eyes ov forgetfullness divine
(ora pro nobis)
Voice ov burning starres as candles bright
(ora pro nobis)
Bridge ov wyrd between severed veins
(ora pro nobis)
Zealot ov Mother ov faith like a knife
(ora pro nobis)
Rose eternal, untouchable apocryph
(ora pro nobis)
Blade that never bled from the wound ov the slain
(ora pro nobis)
Mystery ov one and all, everything and nothing
(ora pro nobis)
Hands ov snow bleeding the triple throat ov Kerberos
(ora pro nobis)
Secret King in the Heart ov Honor
(ora pro nobis)
Purple might consecrates thy blood
(ora pro nobis)
Crowned without knowing, now blade ov thee Holy
(ora pro nobis)
Eyes of slate and tarnished emerald, wake to the call!
ORA PRO NOBIS!