" Three swift swords for the sisters three;
The first shall be of ivory;
The second sword's forged of rarest gold;
The third shall be cut from a granite fold.

The first sword's name is "Just Old Man";
And the second is called "The Urgent Brand";
While the third thirsty sword of that glamour'd three
Is the hungry blade named "Liberty".
--Ernest Wheldrake, Border Ballads "

― Michael Moorcock , Elric: Swords and Roses (Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melniboné, #6)