From ancient Antikyra Risen from maiden tears Magnoliopsida Upon highest icycled peaks it grows Flowered five-pointed star Dark pedated leather Evergreen Wintery frost it weathers Helleborus niger Upon wooden slats In times immemorial Hellebore strewn
Evil, begone Sorceror Adepts of darkness Its black powder In the air they cast Through the world of men they moved Undetected Ranunculaceae Poisonous, burning wrath Hematemesis, vomiting blood As the world spins uncontrollable Helleborus niger