| The Blacksmith | |
| 601 | A humble blacksmith lived down south. |
| His forge was too his home. | |
| He was a serf to heat and steel, | |
| so proved his ashened clothes. | |
| 605 | The days of hamm’ring steel passed by. |
| His thoughts at times distract, | |
| and though he forged with diligence, | |
| his mind shifts to his craft. | |
| He’s dedicated years to arms | |
| 610 | that only hurt and kill, |
| but justice also flows from swords | |
| to those men rife with guilt. | |
| And smiths have armor to produce | |
| which shield those gallant knights, | |
| 615 | but armor saves some cruel bad men |
| who spread distrust and fright. | |
| So is the blacksmith good or bad? | |
| And is he wanting fault? | |
| Are vendors too responsible | |
| 620 | for deeds of he who bought? |
| One day a famous rebel man | |
| came riding on his horse. | |
| He galloped to the blacksmith’s house | |
| and dictated with force: | |
| 625 | “Make me a thousand breastplates, sir. |
| Meld twice as many swords. | |
| Make spears and arrowheads abound. | |
| I’m stocking up for war!” | |
| Smith stared upon that rebel man | |
| 630 | unable to believe. |
| An order such as this would make | |
| him wealthy like the queen! | |
| But then a sense of caution crept. | |
| He asked quite practically: | |
| 635 | “Why do you need these weapons, lord? |
| How will you pay your fee?” | |
| The lord dissenter answered him: | |
| “My reasons are my own. | |
| But know that when I win this war | |
| 640 | I’ll take my mighty throne. |
| I’ll pay you from the treasury. | |
| The realm will hold no debt. | |
| But first, produce the weapons, sir. | |
| You’ll get no money yet .” | |
| 645 | The smith thought hard and gave response: |
| Declined with an head shake. | |
| The world stood still with lord provoked. | |
| Had smith made a mistake? | |
| Dissenter grunted grimly then | |
| 650 | but did not brandish arms. |
| He spurred his warhorse onwards to | |
| vast endless lands of farms. | |
| The blacksmith breathed deep with relief, | |
| reflected on the scene. | |
| 655 | He just refused an evil man |
| and gold he could have gleaned. | |
| But he’d refuse a good man, too | |
| in similar event. | |
| The reason smith denied that man: | |
| 660 | A credit pays no rent. |
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