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!

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