Victory isn’t easy

Sir Sven Orfhendur
fallen in Spring Crown Tourney, A.S. XLII

Victory isn’t easy,
But losing is harder still
For him who once wore a crown
By virtue of his great skill.

Victory isn’t easy,
But time after time he fought,
In hope of restoring a crown
For himself and Kolfinna Kottr.

Victory isn’t easy,
So Edward and Darius both
Fell in their quest for a crown,
Deferring to one mighty sloth.

Victory isn’t easy,
Sir Edward could vouch to this,
But today, in this fight for a crown,
Sven’s skill is no match for his.

Victory isn’t easy,
But one loss will not rule the day,
So Sven with his eyes on the crown
Slays Andrew with keen swordplay.

Victory isn’t easy,
And Sir Patrick is one bold knight,
But it isn’t his turn for a crown
And he lost to the sloth in this fight.

Victory isn’t easy,
So Kissa with bated breath
Saw that Gunner would not get a crown
To lay on her golden tresses.

Victory isn’t easy,
And losing is harder still,
But Mora will wear a crown,
Sir Edward’s queen by his skill.

Victory isn’t easy,
But a sloth is a patient thing,
And he who once wore the crown
May yet be our future king!

— Mistress Liudmila Vladimirova doch’

... I am a daughter of a Moscow boyar, of blessed memory, who lost most of his estate in the early reign of our father the Tasr Ivan Vasilievich. Though this pained my family, they allowed a “nemetz,” a foreign merchant to marry me, as he took me without a dowry and paid my family’s debts. As my husband travels a great deal, I am allowed to keep to my ways and do not have to wear unseemly Western garb or do unseemly Western things...though lately my loneliness caused me to dab in various un-Russian poetry.

Copyright

Copyright of the poems belongs to the original author. The Crown Poem Staff has consented to have the poems reprinted on the CaidWiki, but you need to obtain permission from them before reprinting in any other medium. See Crown Poems for contact information.