<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414582" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>She reigns supreme For new friend Sid</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The old gods sleep they are not dead<br>Although neglected still they wait <br>for worshippers who long since fled.<br>Hope to regain their former state.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This hope they cherish as they dream<br> of pomp and power and sacrifice <br>and in their wakeful moments scheme. <br>But all their schemes will not suffice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To reinstate their golden days, <br>The days when they held pride of place <br>and worshippers sang in their praise. <br>Before they fell into disgrace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Invaders came with foreign gods.<br>Displaced the local deities.<br>Though some survived against the odds<br> and still were worshipped secretly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As fashions change new gods prevail<br>and the old gods are driven out<br>But true believers will not fail<br>They know without the slightest doubt.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although in public they comply <br>with dictates of authority.<br>This is pretence for public show <br>but deep within their hearts they know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Mother Goddess rules us still <br>though she appears in different guise.<br>She always did and always will.<br> She is all seeing and all wise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">10-Jun-08</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414582" data-title="She reigns supreme For new friend Sid de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="The old gods sleep they are not dead Although neglected still they wait for worshippers who long since fled. Hope to regain their former state. This hope they cherish as they dream of pomp and power and sacrifice and in their wakeful moments s..."></div> </div> </div>

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