Literature
Tongues of Serpents' epilogue poem [Temeraire]
There's nothing left for us for which we could fight,
no one left to whom declare our loyalty.
The great stain of treason is marked on my neck,
my very own homeland despising my being.
Confined for the rest of my life on this land,
forgotten by God as just the hell must be,
with millions of waves parting us from our friends,
there's nothing left to do but just let it be.
I know we may depart to some other places,
to try to relief the boredom of my life;
I know I may be named lord, but all this sounds like
a parody of what at home I used to be.
Now I'm sick of quarrels of nations and kings,
I have been refused, so I don't give ha'pence.
Let