Jewel of the Sea

The beauty found within the summer flow’rs As rival kings battle with solstice pow’rs A daughter of gods who rule the wild sea Creiddylad, promised as a wife to be Gwythr her betrothed love, a deity. Yet Gwyn stole her away to be his own, So Oak and Holly kings’ battle has grown. All for the love of the Queen of the May, They fight on every solstice day Dark against Light as the eternal way. Their story told in Shakespeare’s tale of King Lear, And in Pagan rites of Litha and Yule, The old battle goes on year after year As summer and winter each comes to rule.