On Valiance & Beauty

Benjamin Brantley 1984 (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)



Milady sits aloft a high tower
Waiting to be wooed by some handsome knight
There are a few men who would not cower
To slay a dragon in an awesome fight

She is hard to possess - and rightly so,
As compared to a lily among thorns!
Her heart breaks for every fallen beau
And for her true love, over whom she mourns

O’ righteous love! Thou that doest no wrong
Take up a cause for chivalries galore
And bring us to the place where we belong
Vying for glory as in days of yore.

Let now her honor ever be acclaimed,
Which God above has righteously sustained.

About this poem

I started this as a challenge to write more anachronistically. I wanted specifically to use knighthood as the central theme.

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Written on September 24, 2023

Submitted by NightingalePrince on September 24, 2023

Modified by NightingalePrince on January 18, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF XX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 556
Words 115
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2

Benjamin Brantley

Having traveled to the UK, & Germany, whilst also being brought up in the USA, this poet retains a great enjoyment of biblical study, and the romantic arts. more…

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