Wolfe Thoraldsson - Fighter Poem - rondel

Wolfe Thoraldsson
fallen in Spring Crown Tourney, A.S. XXXIII

(rondel)

Ambrosya's heart leaps at the sight:
A bloody paw print on the strand
Where Wolfe set foot to take a stand
And try for Crown by tourney right.

He bested four with belts of white
(Though Patrick brought a blow to land)
Ambrosya's heart leaps at the sight:
A bloody paw print on the strand.

A Jelling Beast, a Blackwolf hight,
A Pegasus and Aardvark grand -
They all succumbed to Wolfe's command
'Til Thistles' prickles sapped his might.
Ambrosya's heart leaps at the sight:
A bloody paw print on the strand.

-- Mistress Philippa Llewelyn Schuyler

...is a 15th century Burgundian wool merchant who thinks she's a 10th century Viking weaver.