Axis & Allies - damowords

A Royal Tourney
Wide‐ruling Jove ordains a tournament
To celebrate the royal champions,
Complimentary flatterings far sent
Delivering Heavenʹs invitations;
Godheads attend,
& when the games commence
All converse would suspend for action fraught & tense.
Toutatis represented Gaul
As Thor honourʹd Valhalla,
The Lion ran Britanniaʹs stall
While Tervegant servʹd Allah,
Great‐hearted Pyerun gave his all,
Scenes of sublime valour!
& after they were praisʹd with warm applause
All settlʹd down to watch the mortal wars.
We manlings are the prefferʹd sport,
Playthings of great powers,
In whose wars caught, if frays well fought
Rain down on us flowers,
Or, if sensing half‐heartedness, humus dowsʹd in showers.
Europa
A Royal Marriage
Lonely Venus had brought up her goddess,
Spurnʹd by a father who had craved a son,
Now she has come of age, in special dress,
Was sent to woo the prince of Albion;
As love & war
Thro her proud heart courses,
Gwyddion did adore Britanniaʹs resources.
So divorces his other wives
& pledged their soul united,
The wedding morning soon arrives
& all the gods invited
Bringing them crystal, wine & knives ‐
With each gift delighted,
But happy the couple loved most of all
This cute & fluffy lion‐cubling ball.
The love they made that honeymoon
Was more the tyger duel,
Venery runes & very soon
They sire a true jewel,
ʺWhat is his name,ʺ the druid asks, ʺWe call him Samuel.ʺ
Stonehenge