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Ella and Eidelvard: Cantos XXII-XXVI

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May 20, 2026
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Ella and Eidelvard: Cantos XXII-XXVI

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

XXII

Measure of these men she took,
From her throne, with crafty looks.
Some she saw were those that rose,
In elder days, as her foes—
None, however, held the knife
That put out her family’s life.
Others were too young to be
Members of that mutiny.
So she…

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