Today we talk politics,
but not the current ones,
we remember the deeds
from many years afar;
Was the eight hundred and fifty-five year,
-Ed had fifteen- when crowned
as son of saxon king
to the East Anglia throne.
Despite his tender youth,
perhaps because of that,
the boy reveals himself
as a sage and wise man.
Ignoring all his flatterers,
the court of sycophants,
and being just and equal
dealing with everyone.
Driven once by the spirit,
attending its demand,
to a tower retired
to worship and to pray.
In solitude learned latin
the entire amount of psalms
by heart often recited
at every occasion had.
Dare anyone to take him
for someone who is faint,
fearful, lazy or a coward
pusillanimous, or "blessed".
Defended with great courage
his kingdom in distress
from many ambitious enemies
that invasions pretended.
In an unequal battle
was captured and jailed;
Danish nobles were angry,
because the guy was fair.
Faced with his refusal
alive with whips was flayed,
and in the midst of suffering
he invoked the Holy Name,
Was used as a target
to practice with their bows,
with arrows in him nailed
seemed like hedgehog.
After that was beheaded
to distant bush head thrown;
when they went to collect it
it cried the right spot.
This day we worship Edmund,
the holy name that means
"he who protects the property"
and he protects indeed!.
In Edmundsbury Abbey
erected to his cult
until the Reformation
his relics kept for long.
It is good in this age
of cowards and corrupts
to refresh good examples
the saints have left to us.
© albertotrocóniz / 11
Text from: "POEMS OF TRIBUTE"
Image from Tapestry Depicting St.Edmund
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