Vengeance is as vengeance does,
Sweet the taste when eaten cold,
Sweeter still to send thy ill
Back into thy face three-fold!
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire,
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire!
Shape the shield, above, below,
Shape it hard and shape it strong,
Power bending to my will,
Power to contain thy wrong!
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire,
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire!
Now within it, mirror-bright,
All thy surface facing thee,
What thou sense, reflect until
Trapped within, ‘tis three times three!
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire,
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire!
And within conceit sublime,
Make it clear as diamond air,
Let all wrongs to curse or kill
Return to be trapped also there!
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire,
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire!
(Bridge)
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire,
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire!
Be thou trapped in thine own curse!
Be thou caught in thine own wrong!
Be thou burned by thine own flame!
Be thou shattered by thy song!
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire,
Earth and Water, Air and Fire,
Mold thy power to my desire!
Mold thy power to my desire...
-- Heather Alexander, "Mirror Spell"
(lyrics by Mercedes Lackey, music by Leslie Fish)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.