The Medici's Daughter
The Medici's Daughter by Lady Briana MacCabe
Written for the Bard of Altavia contest, A.S. XLIX (2014) and dedicated to Her Excellency of Altavia, Mistress Cecilia Medici
In fair Florence, I was born
A child of rumor, a child of scorn
From Lady Catherine's arms, I was torn
Never to be the Medici's daughter
A childhood of sadness was all I knew
And a forced marriage was fated, too
So from her cage this bird did flew
Away from the Medici's daughter
Around the world, I soared in flight
Clothed as a boy, I learned to fight
Steady of hand and keen of sight
So far from the Medici's daughter
Now stronger and wiser to Firenze I return
With a brave, noble husband and lands I have earned
Bring a lesson my false family must learn
I AM ALTAVIA's DAUGHTER!
