Mercedes Lackey - In the Pelagir

In the Pelagir, there be dangers here
There be monsters, mordant, and medieval
In the Pelagir, there be deadly fear
It's the primmest of the forest primeval
Here the forest is our foe

In the Pelagir, there's a smell of fear
There be dangers from a madman's dreaming
In the Pelagir, if you strain to hear
If you listen you can hear the screaming
It's a place we dare not go

In the Pelagir, none dare hunt a deer,
Fearing what my lurk to trail you homeward
In the Pelagir, there is danger near
Venture there and you must stay upon guard
Those who tried died long ago

It's a forest of things dark and stunted
It's a place where none should roam
It's a wood where hunters turn to hunter
It's why we all stay at home

In the Pelagir, there's a smell of fear
There be dangers from a madman's dreaming
In the Pelagir, if you strain to hear
If you listen you can hear the screaming
It's a place we dare not go
Those who tried died long ago