Author's note: when I wrote this poem every four lines were grouped together and separate from the next, yet when I posted the last chapter the separation between paragraphs disappeared. If this has happened in this chapter also please read with this in mind.
Disclaimer: Read the disclaimer in the last chapter, I only write one per story.
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The prince was knighted
He took the page
Who was with him in the black city
As his squire.
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War came
The army was summoned
Duke Gareth fell from his horse
Duke Rodger was given his place.
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The army rode to the Drell Valley
We heard they would not attack
They could only defend
By order of the king.
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The prince's squire was captured
And rescued everyone knows
You can't win a war in defence
But you can with a treaty.
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The war ended
I danced
My brother played
And we heard gossip.
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The prince's squire was knighted
Same day he accused Duke Roger
Of trying to kill the queen
The Duke called for trial by combat.
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A downward stroke by the duke
Revealed a woman
Who had dressed as a man
For years to become a knight
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The duke used his gift
To try and kill the king
The lady used her sword
The kill the duke
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For the duke many wept
As he was laid to rest
But how could anyone weep
For one with such an evil intent?
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What scandal
For a woman to dress as a man
So she bade her friends' farewell
And rode south