My Ancestor Grandfather

• Brigitte Doran, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2008

To a hero whose courage and justice affected the lives of many…

A life he lived of romance and turmoil
Evil, did he defeat, softening the soil
With Robin Hood as his Ali
Hardly a life would yet pass us by
Myths amid of his darkening ways
Yet remaining good till the end of his days
With knights of courage, he fought a great war
With honesty and just till his life was no more
Simon De Montfort was yet the best
Earl of Leicester to King till his rest