Constant
Daughter
Alvis Lord Torc’s Doggerel to Constance,
daughter of Julian
Dark daughter of a Warden’s
Vows,
In the gloaming ‘twixt day
and night,
‘Tween dappling beams and
leafy boughs,
She rides the forest in
twilight;
Seeking adventure to arouse
Her yearning heart and Royal
right.
Constant daughter of constant
Sire,
A maiden of rare brilliance;
Born of
A blue and silver dalliance;
A warding against Faerie ire,
Token of a brave alliance.
Wayward Dam of constant
daughter,
Mistress of twilit, darkling
boughs;
Never does just what she
ought’a;
A princess of Unseelie House:
Daughter hear her call to
slaughter,
To blood and war she doth arouse!