Puritan's Bane

The opening stages of an allegorical epic on the troubles in Northern Ireland with an historical taste to how the troubles started. Written in a Chaucerian style (but obviously in modern English) about the pillaging of the Irish 'pagans' by Orange Order 'Puritans'. Symbolism throughout with a prophecy show how nothing has changed within the Orange Order and that the members (or modern 'Puritans') are trapped in a repetitive cycle of narrow mindedness and falsified tradition up to present day and doomed for the future.

Opening to Puritan's Bane

Trees whisper, whose roots entwine deep 1 In woods on the downs, pagan histories sleep, Larks murmur through crisp spring air On May's month, one morn fair. Nature wakens from slumberous repose high 5