NetHack/The End of the Gnomes


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 * Alliterate well, make each end sound fine.]

The End of the Gnomes


 * The Gnomes of Zurich gained zorkmids down there
 * In caverns they dug, caves of depth and wear.
 * For years at the pick, they yearned for topaz,
 * White opal, amber, obsidian as
 * Gems of the ground when they knew gems from glass;
 * They sold gems for gold, not tin nor some brass.
 * Zorkmids are coins of a cold Yendor land.
 * The gnomes gathered wealth, gnomish gold in hand.


 * Then a lord of gnomes, his attention let
 * On Barbarian, a human who he bet
 * She would raid the gnomes, she would take the gold.
 * The lord told the gnomes, let defenses hold!
 * Grab your picks, daggers, your arrows and darts.
 * The Barbarian's body, thrash apart!
 * Protect our money, prevent a mistake,
 * Our giant treasure, not gone to here take.


 * The gnomes wielded well, feared not her wide axe
 * As gnomish arrows could gain distance max.
 * So there formed a queue of them aiming straight
 * At Barbarian. Alas, but their fate
 * Was to shoot themselves! Where some line are gnomes
 * All except the last, all let their own bones
 * Between them and the Barbarian so
 * Gnomish weapons killed most gnomes in war though.