<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367302" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Knight In Shining Armour</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The valiant hero stood his ground, <br>Defiant in the sun, <br>His shining armour shone around<br>On almost everyone! <br>The crowd assembled, like they do, <br>As if to cheer him on, <br>The villain of the piece to boo, <br>As if he'd soon be gone...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The villain slapped his gauntlet there, <br>Right on the hero's cheek! <br>The hero trembled with a glare<br>That some thought quite unique...<br>'How darest thou, thou craven knave! <br>Now suffer for that slight! '<br>Back to their horses they marched brave, <br>The knave against the knight! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The horses tensed their muscles hard<br>To bear the extra weight, <br>The two men posed and then 'En guard! '<br>Their faces full of hate...<br>A preacher begged them to repent, <br>Make peace, but would they hell...<br>'Oh, dear...' said he, then off he went, <br>Looked back and bade farewell...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The fight began, as most fights do, <br>Courageous to a fault, <br>They beat each other black and blue<br>And then they called a halt...<br>Time-out for nose bleeds to calm down<br>And nervous knees to rest...<br>Before they sought the victor's crown<br>And comely maiden's chest...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The villain twirled his moustache back, <br>That drove the hero wild! <br>He gave the villain's rump a whack<br>And that sure got him riled! <br>'How darest thou! ' was his retort<br>And soon revenge was his! <br>The hero's rump got what it ought, <br>The villain couldn't miss! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The crowd was in hysterics now, <br>Guffaws were everywhere...<br>The hero wiped his sweaty brow<br>And thought, 'The cads don't care! '<br>With that, he turned and rode away, <br>To head for yonder hill...<br>His rump was sore, his heart was gay, <br>His armour shining still...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2012.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367302" data-title="Knight In Shining Armour de Denis Martindale" data-description="The valiant hero stood his ground, Defiant in the sun, His shining armour shone around On almost everyone! The crowd assembled, like they do, As if to cheer him on, The villain of the piece to boo, As if he'd soon be gone... The villain sla..."></div> </div> </div>

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