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+poems = {
+ {
+ text: "Three candles flicker in the moonlight, the little winged things burn up mid flight."
+ hints: {
+ "a flying bee, it makes wax",
+ "a moon is that sits overhead",
+ "three of a thing"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Along the south shore where fierce waves balk, the shadows lengthen across the sand. The sun sinks beneath the loch and our great work lies close at hand."
+ hints: {
+ "a sunset over a lake",
+ "rough waters lapping the beach",
+ "labor on the beach"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "We seek an ancient tattered pennon that waves, over rubble that marks antediluvian graves."
+ hints: {
+ "military in ruin",
+ "old architecture",
+ "weathered gravestones"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Strange plants grow where the gardener naps, their roots climb in through tiny cracks."
+ hints: {
+ "unusual foliage",
+ "a Sleeping groundskeeper",
+ "creeping plants"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "This lake knows what the stars forgot. It disarms the snare where others were caught."
+ hints: {
+ "water that remembers",
+ "celestial amnesia",
+ "avoiding a trap"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "This oaken hall whispers low and deep, the secrets that confessors keep."
+ hints: {
+ "wood that speaks",
+ "murmured revelations",
+ "the sacrament of confession"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "In a valley where pallid fog creeps thick and vast, we pursue the scholars of ages past."
+ hints: {
+ "mist obscuring view",
+ "ancient research",
+ "the pursuit of knowledge"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "A wire pushed through a lock to open a door, and a knife pushed through my skin to open more."
+ hints: {
+ "lockpicking",
+ "threshold and entry",
+ "piercing that transforms"
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ text: "When bells toll from a distant spire, we begin the pilgrimage for our heart's desire."
+ hints: {
+ "ringing in the distance",
+ "a tall church tower",
+ "a journey with companions"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "What dwells in the glassy watered reef, what hides in mirrors and eats belief."
+ hints: {
+ "something beneath",
+ "what lives in reflections",
+ "dispelling conviction"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The cobblestones tremble in rousing air, beneath the boulevard where gaslights flare."
+ hints: {
+ "a darkened street",
+ "stones that hold memory",
+ "excited atmosphere"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The watchman's lantern casts a pallid gleam, where marble statues run through a terrible dream."
+ hints: {
+ "a light source",
+ "dreaming sculptures",
+ "a hall's custodian"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The alders inscribed what none dare say, in cramped attics where moth-eaten scrolls decay."
+ hints: {
+ "rotting documents",
+ "forbidden writing",
+ "a small loft"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Where ivy tendrils embrace the arabesque gate, the gardener's shears lie rusted by fate."
+ hints: {
+ "overgrown entrance",
+ "abandoned tools",
+ "oxidized implements"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The carrion birds circle the blackened spire, as vesper bells announce the choir."
+ hints: {
+ "scavenging creatures",
+ "evening prayer",
+ "a darkened tower"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The architect drew unhallowed planes, in vaulted chambers where torchlight wanes."
+ hints: {
+ "fading illumination",
+ "corrupted geometry ",
+ "tall rooms"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The hoarfrost clings to windowpanes and spreads, where ephemeral fingers trace the words unsaid."
+ hints: {
+ "frozen crystal",
+ "old glass",
+ "ghostly writing"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "We shall glimpse what should not be seen, upon the heath where standing stones convene."
+ hints: {
+ "ancient monument",
+ "moorland expanse",
+ "forbidden sight"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The apostate guards his musty tome, in labyrinthine halls that honeycomb."
+ hints: {
+ "an aged book",
+ "a maze of passages",
+ "a religious traitor"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The portcullis descends with a rusted groan, sealing fast what we cannot postpone."
+ hints: {
+ "a heavy gate falling",
+ "corroded metal",
+ "getting trapped"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The frescoes peel and the shadows fade, in cloistered halls where votaries once prayed."
+ hints: {
+ "enclosed passages",
+ "religious devotees",
+ "crumbling wall paintings"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The campanile stands against ashy sky, we ring the bell and await reply."
+ hints: {
+ "a lone bell tower",
+ "heavy grey clouds",
+ "expecting a message"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Beneath the causeway where rose waters flow, the ferryman rows to lands below."
+ hints: {
+ "raised pathway",
+ "red current",
+ "descent by boat"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The apothecary's vials gleam and luminesce, distilling essences of noblesse."
+ hints: {
+ "glowing beakers",
+ "shining potions",
+ "familial honor"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The cartographer's quill trembles as it charts, the borderlands where reason departs."
+ hints: {
+ "mapmaking",
+ "the edges of the known",
+ "whats beyond the edge of the map"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "In deep ossuaries where relics rest, the sexton points to what we love best."
+ hints: {
+ "bone chambers",
+ "sacred remains",
+ "a graveyard keeper"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Where wisteria droops from crumbling eaves, the mourner counts and the actuary grieves."
+ hints: {
+ "hanging flowers",
+ "decaying roofline",
+ "grief tallied"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Through colonnades of alabaster stone, processional shadows march to atone."
+ hints: {
+ "pale pillars",
+ "formal darkness",
+ "spectral parade"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The reliquary gleams with purple and pall, enshrining whispers of a silenced cabal."
+ hints: {
+ "a sacred container",
+ "expensive colors",
+ "ancient murmurs"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "In dusty galleries where portraits stare, the subjects step from frame to air."
+ hints: {
+ "hall of paintings",
+ "watching eyes",
+ "art escaping"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The mendicant kneels at crossroads there, offering prayers to empty air."
+ hints: {
+ "a beggars devotion",
+ "intersection of paths",
+ "unanswered plea"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Where amaranth blooms when the skies are gray, the groundskeeper has lost his way."
+ hints: {
+ "unfading flowers",
+ "colorless skies",
+ "wandering caretaker"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The sarcophagus lid shifts with grinding tone, revealing naught of polished bone."
+ hints: {
+ "stone coffin opening",
+ "grating movement",
+ "missing remains"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "In chancels dim where incense curls, the thurible swings as smoke unfurls."
+ hints: {
+ "an altar space",
+ "rising smoke",
+ "a burning censer"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The oubliette waits with patient maw, forgotten by all but ancient law."
+ hints: {
+ "dungeon pit",
+ "hungry opening",
+ "archaic justice"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The indentations reveal what the scribes erased, truths beneath truths carefully placed."
+ hints: {
+ "overwritten text",
+ "hidden words",
+ "layered secrets"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The cenotaph stands for those not found, their bones scattered on unknown ground."
+ hints: {
+ "an empty tomb",
+ "the missing dead",
+ "a far off land"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Through clerestory windows wan light falls, illuminating naught but barren walls."
+ hints: {
+ "high church windows",
+ "feeble radiance",
+ "empty surfaces"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The dovecote stands though the doves have fled, roosting now where angels tread."
+ hints: {
+ "bird shelter",
+ "abandoned dwelling",
+ "dead avians"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Specimens watch as centuries pass, in vitrines sealed with leaden glass."
+ hints: {
+ "display cases",
+ "preserved creatures",
+ "observing time"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "The caryatids bear their burden still, as the temple crumbles to dust and nil."
+ hints: {
+ "sculpted maidens",
+ "supporting columns",
+ "a sacred ruin"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "Where foxglove sways by lichened stone, the healer grinds what we have grown, beneath the skin, beneath the bone."
+ hints: {
+ "poisonous flowers",
+ "a moss-covered rock",
+ "grim remedies"
+ },
+ },
+ {
+ text: "In baptisteries where fonts run dry, the faithful await their final reply."
+ hints: {
+ "christening halls",
+ "empty basins",
+ "unanswered prayers"
+ },
+ },
+}
+
+poems