CHILDREN OF SMAUG


They know who they are
Partial to jools and golden rings,
A snarling, vile, ghastly thing
Clutches his hoard and greedily clings
To the only hope which treasure brings
Blind to virtue, the miser sings
A mocking paen to charity's kings
Yet fool he's made by precious things
For Rapture takes him under wing

Alternate version:

Partial to gems, jewels, and golden rings
Malformed and snarling the unseemly things
Clutch and grasp their hoard and cling
To the only scraps of hope which treasure brings

Blinded to virtue, lone misers sing
In light, a mocking paen to charity's kings
Yet fools they're made by gleaming, precious rings
For Rapture has chosen to take their wings