Ponies and magic may appeal to the empire, but abroad are the blackbirds sorrows. And so shall it be that the maiden will be christened in the Icor of Jupiter, and share wine with Dionysus. And on the day these things shall happen, a small dutch boy will weep tears of endearment towards the west.
And so it shall be that the blessings of the mighty and the modest shall be upon you.
May the fortune of a thousand golden reeds be upon you, my sir.