Backwards quotes

[HerenIstarion]

It is the first poetic piece to be 'backwarded' to the best of my knowledge. Well done, my lady

I like the verso so much, I'm inclined to give it here in full :

Down the swift dark stream you go
Back to lands you once did know!
Leave the halls and caverns deep,
Leave the northern mountains steep,
Where the forest wide and dim
Stoops in shadow grey and grim!
Float beyond the world of trees
Out into the whispering breeze,
Past the rushes, past the reeds,
Past the marsh's waving weeds,
Through the mist that riseth white
Up from mere and pool at night!
Follow, follow stars that leap
Up the heavens cold and steep;
Turn when dawn comes over land,
Over rapid, over sand,
South away! and South away!
Seek the sunlight and the day,
Back to pasture, back to mead,
Where the kine and oxen feed!
Back to gardens on the hills
Where the berry swells and fills
Under sunlight, under day!
South away! and South away!
Down the swift dark stream you go
Back to lands you once did know!

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Why thank you, kind wizard! You're quite right, of course - in fact, those lines show up twice, at the beginning and the end of that poem. Now I look forward to the next one.