Ode to Albrecht Anker

Lord Albrecht Anker commissioned a piece of poetry from John the Long. The work is found below, having been performed at Pennsic 52.

I tell you here of a son of the East

Who's made of many ravens’ feast

Who's served the Kingdom loyally

Who's crossed both East and Western Sea

Albrecht Anker of Oestgardr

Sailor, artist, sometimes Soldier

Fabled Demon King's right hand

Giant of the Roughneck band

At the Fiftieth War he called bolt and stone

At the fifty-first they smashed walls prone

Neath banner Tyger azure blazoned

Marched with glaive to enemies’ End

In lists of honor foes he meets

Twin blades carve all their defeats

But even off the battlefield

His service he'll refuse to yield

He's brought new blood as chatelaine

And shed his own in tailoring

I've said all this to all of thee

To justify one simple plea

Charge your glass and raise it high

And cheer him with me, VIVAT cry!

Now if toward this tale you feel fickle

Know it was free with Long man's pickle