At The Gate I Met A Maiden

At the gate I met a maiden, fair as fair could be.

I looked into her bright blue eyes and she smiled back at me.

“Oh maiden fair I love thee so e’en though we have just met.

Ours is an eternity that hasn’t started yet.

Say you’ll be mine and I will show you love as rarely found.

I will give you heaven on earth; your feet won’t touch the ground.”

“Oh good sir but would I could accept your gracious offer,

But alas I am with child, the offspring of another.

yet I love not the baby’s father, for him I have no desire,

For  love was lacking in the union, I was ravaged by the Squire.”

“Well, I will take you from this land.  We’ll build ourselves a home

And we shall live in harmony, the child I will treat as my own.

Then one day I shall return, put the Squire to the sword.

Your child will claim its birthright, of that you have my word."

Colin Beardshall 1314