#sorting song

[askaliceprewett]

Hogwarts Founders ~ Salazar

The Hogwarts Founders // Salazar Slytherin

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Hufflepuff // Gryffindor // Ravenclaw

[the-book-ferret]

"Oh you may not think I'm pretty, But don't judge on what you see, I'll eat myself if you can find A smarter hat than me.

You can keep your bowlers black, Your top hats sleek and tall, For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat And I can cap them all.

There's nothing hidden in your head The Sorting Hat can't see, So try me on and I will tell you Where you ought to be.

You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart;

You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil;

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in Slytherin You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folks use any means To achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap! You're in safe hands (though I have none) For I'm a Thinking Cap!"

[lbibliophile]

Sorting Song: Forgiveness

Welcome back, another year, To Hogwarts you return. And welcome, too, new students all, Who’ve chosen here to learn.

I greet you as the Sorting Hat, Your best House I’ll analyse. But before we start, please listen close, I give a word to the wise.

War, though past, left many scars, Tearing our world apart. But each house has its gift to heal; Search for them in your heart.

Hufflepuffs have compassion to Acknowledge others’ pain, Gryffindors show the courage needed, Once betrayed, to try again.

Slytherins see that holding grudges Only keeps them from their goal, Ravenclaws know that not all children Inherit their parents’ role.

Each House a different reason gives But the message, they agree, Is that if you want life to move on, Forgiveness is the key.

A new year stars, your next life stage, Embrace this gift you gain; Judge others on their own merits And not by House or name.

[lbibliophile]

Sorting Song: Four

Four quarters it, together, takes To make a single whole As it is in the world outside It is in Hogwarts’ soul

Four, the points on a compass face Four, the lands we come Four, the elements our world is made Four Houses, by which Hogwarts is run

Slytherins have ambition, all Hufflepuffs, loyalty find Gryffindors are for courage known Ravenclaws for mind

All know these strengths the Houses claim Those which they define But forget that strengths are weakness too If with the others, they don’t combine

Ambition without hard work comes to naught Loyalty without courage won’t try Bravery without knowledge is a mis-aimed sword Intelligence needs ambition to fly

Four together, a balance, find Strong against it all But when just three, become unstable Two, or one, they fall

Now I must, duty, fulfill Sort you where you belong Just remember your House is but part of a whole Only together can you be strong