The Tridents of the Tritons
\nby cricketjeff on July 21, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nThe armies of the mermaids move to kill the Kraken’s hoards
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And sweep away the hydra from the seas.
\nTo save the souls of sailors at the calling of their Lords
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And to put the hearts of fishwives at their ease.
\nThe tridents of the tritons make a phalanx you should fear
\nAnd behind them ride the swordfish, who can spit you like a spear.<\/p>\n
Across the mighty oceans range the battles hard and grim
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And the gods avoid the clashes as they may.
\nThough Neptune feigns indifference he’ll change upon a whim
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And the Zephyrs whip the waves up in their play.
\nThe tridents of the tritons make a phalanx you should fear
\nAnd behind them ride the swordfish who can spit you like a spear.<\/p>\n
Far out and far from safety many ships are stuck in storm,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 The battles making whirlpools of the deep.
\nThrough the skillfullness of sailors and the actions they perform,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 A fleet of ships are saved from endless sleep.
\nThe tridents of the tritons make a phalanx you should fear
\nAnd behind them ride the swordfish who can spit you like a spear.<\/p>\n
At last the Kraken’s cornered in the deepest trench of all,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 Where the final stand of evil will be short.
\nWith the last of all his henchmen, who have hastened to his call,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 The monster of the deep is brought to naught.
\nThe tridents of the tritons make a phalanx you should fear
\nAnd behind them ride the swordfish who can spit you like a spear.<\/p>\n
Now you’ll rarely see a mermaid (though I know of one or two)
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 And the tritons only beach on distant isles
\nBut if you are fond of sailing or a cruise is just for you,
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 You should always greet these heroes with your smiles.
\nThe tridents of the tritons make a phalanx you should fear
\nAnd behind them ride the swordfish who can spit you like a spear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Tridents of the Tritons by cricketjeff on July 21, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved The armies of the mermaids move to kill the Kraken’s hoards \u00a0 \u00a0 And sweep away the hydra from the seas. To save the souls of sailors at the calling of their Lords \u00a0 \u00a0 And to put […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3036","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8472,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3036\/revisions\/8472"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}