Axis & Allies - damowords

Holy Roman Empire
Distant princes court Alfredʹs grand‐daughters,
Enchanted by their dancing beautyʹs youth,
Perfect as pearl, skin soft as springwaters,
Hankering for human virtue & truth;
King Othoʹs bride,
Edgitha, shares his reign ‐
Her fatherʹs blood allied with sacred Charlemagne.
ʺHow I yearn,ʺ sighs the emperor,
To unite all Germany,
Bind beautiful Bavaria,
Soul‐alluring Lombardy
& heather‐scented Swabia
With sunny Saxony ‐
Administering, with Papal consent,
The central portions of our continent.ʺ
Soon rose a sense of nationhood
Tied by Teutonic tongue,
In hall & wood tall tayles of blood,
The Niebelungen song,
Did stir the spirit where the soul of Seigried set among.
Germania
962
The Rise of Paris
Long since the notion struck the Parisii
To settle by the Seine, & since sublime
Lutetia praisʹd each Ceasarʹs victory,
This eagleʹs nest amidst the mists of time
Claims Frankish throne,
Whose jangling jongleurs sing,
ʺOne of our very own has been elected king!ʺ
How many noble knights advance
Their daughters to be his bride
Of Hugh Capet, the first in France,
The Parisians felt pride,
But only one would stand a chance
As once again allied,
The blood of Charlemagne & Alfred merge.
One wedding night with mighty, spunkish surge.
ʺSo this is life!ʺ the pilgrim said
Upon the path to Spain,
With fruit & bread he slowly tread
The roads of Aquitaine
& on the route… the valorous, the vocal & the vain.
France
990