| In Bayard's Honor (an ode to Valdemar Wendel Bayard) Of Cattle and Cocoa (an ode to cattle) Their Reign (an ode to Valharic and Arielle) |
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"their reign shall bring to all the hope of new beginnings"
It can be a difficult thing to write a poem in praise of another without either inadvertently becoming a sycophant or insulting the "praised" object. Dunstan has the grace to compliment the skills and virtues of others without taking his subject to the heights of unbelievable hyperbole.