The Lament of Brandur and Perlise: Canto I

So here it is! Finally the long awaited Epic Poem: The Lament of Brandur and Perlise! Here's the first Canto, there are fourteen of them. Will post more later. :)

Canto I

This tale of mine is much older than anything you could now see.
For since the world became colder many things have ceased to be.
In the golden days before darkness had sway in the hearts and ways of man.
In the elder times in an autumn age that’s where this tale began.
The great ones came from the south from Megdea and the hills of sand,
And built their home by word of mouth, for theirs was a magic land.
Carolman, as their domain was named, grew in greatness under the sun
And many an evil beast was tamed, until there remained but one.
The dragon of shadow made his roost, deep in Tara’s wooded hill.
And sacrifice was made unto him lest in anger he rose again to kill.
Unto the wyrm one man bound his life, and obeyed all the beast’s evil plots,
Victims and cold stone knife he took, his actions without second thoughts.
Then came the day of chance and fate, when the beast summon him to the glade,
And planted in the man’s heart his own hate, and the plans for his notorious raid,
The woodsman was to travel far and wide till Carolman’s fair plains he had found,
The most beautiful maid he was to seek, and return her to the beast bound.
So the servant left his master’s home, in search of Carolman’s flower,
And the whole land he did roam, driven by his lust for power.