I wouldn't have noticed you reused a rhyme had you not said it.
It's allways allright thouhgt especially when no one noticed that bit.
It's allways allright thouhgt especially when no one noticed that bit.
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[Storey: Of course I can't.
stnylan: You're not too bad a poet yourself.
Zeno: I'll likely be reusing plenty, rhyming's the hard part of this whole thing...
Zenek: Glad you like it.]
1472-1482
Now the white rose gives the red thorns,
Lancaster their old kingship mourns,
As they have no man for whom to fight,
Though doom to England their cry warns.
The Irish fight, needing no English king
To tell them that freedom is the thing
Which they must fight to have as theirs!
From there is rebellion on the wing!
But Edward makes them regret that move,
And the power of England to them does prove.
The Irishmen go home with less than they had,
To stay quiet it would them behoove!
1483-1485
No other threat to Edward is made known,
And he dies well seated on the throne.
Beware, though, of his brother, York,
Richard, who will make all England moan!
In Wales the Dragon now awakes,
The Cambrian land a new king makes:
Henry Tudor, Lancaster's new hope,
And the hunchback, now he quakes!
Now comes his army down from the hills,
To skewer York's troops upon their bills.
At Bosworth the bloody match is played,
A dread and glorious fight of wills!
The dragon there St. George does slay,
Young Henry makes the crookback pay!
Both sides proclaim Tudor as king,
And no man with wits stands in his way!
stnylan: You're not too bad a poet yourself.
Zeno: I'll likely be reusing plenty, rhyming's the hard part of this whole thing...
Zenek: Glad you like it.]
1472-1482
Now the white rose gives the red thorns,
Lancaster their old kingship mourns,
As they have no man for whom to fight,
Though doom to England their cry warns.
The Irish fight, needing no English king
To tell them that freedom is the thing
Which they must fight to have as theirs!
From there is rebellion on the wing!
But Edward makes them regret that move,
And the power of England to them does prove.
The Irishmen go home with less than they had,
To stay quiet it would them behoove!
1483-1485
No other threat to Edward is made known,
And he dies well seated on the throne.
Beware, though, of his brother, York,
Richard, who will make all England moan!
In Wales the Dragon now awakes,
The Cambrian land a new king makes:
Henry Tudor, Lancaster's new hope,
And the hunchback, now he quakes!
Now comes his army down from the hills,
To skewer York's troops upon their bills.
At Bosworth the bloody match is played,
A dread and glorious fight of wills!
The dragon there St. George does slay,
Young Henry makes the crookback pay!
Both sides proclaim Tudor as king,
And no man with wits stands in his way!
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JM I've been thinking of doing a poetry aar for ages, but never had the courage.
I think this is the best line to date.
I think this is the best line to date.
If possible I think the poetry is getting even better! What will it be like by 1819???
This AAR is simply great
The poetry, while would probably make my old poetry prof. in college want to pull her hair out in a fit ( :wacko: ), is right up my alley with all the wit one could hope for
So, which vassel is to be annexed first, Scotland or France?
The poetry, while would probably make my old poetry prof. in college want to pull her hair out in a fit ( :wacko: ), is right up my alley with all the wit one could hope for
So, which vassel is to be annexed first, Scotland or France?
[stnylan: I preferred the line before it, but... *shrugs*
Farquharson: Like Blake or Shelley. Oh, you mean my poetry, not England's.
Draco: France.]
1486-1491
Both roses combine in Henry's crest,
And all England follows his request:
New justice, new trade, a new Star Chamber,
England made new from east to west.
Not only England, but France as well,
As finally the French nobles kneel.
Raise Saint George's cross on high!
And send the rebels all to Hell!
In case you're wondering, that's Venice in Bearn and Genoa in Provence.
Next Bourbon is added to England,
Their lands under Henry's gentle hand.
They come without trouble, indeed, with joy,
Without even the smallest rebel band.*
Eastward now to defense look,
Whose strength might give us a bad hook?
But Austria's a friend, and added they are
To England's great alliance book.
1492
One Lambert Simnel now appears,
And fulfills one of Henry's fears:
A new Yorkist imposter for the throne!
Many a man the call-to-arms hears.
Rebellion strikes France, north and south all,
Though Simnel now strikes a nasty wall:
Henry's armies capture that traitor,
And now the late Lambert they him call.
But why the Spanish contented hum?
Why, waiting, do we twiddle our thumb?
Why look we, mourning, o'er the western sea?
When will our Columbus come?
__________
*Amazingly, I don't have too bad of a BB or too low relations at this point. Thank God for small miracles...
Farquharson: Like Blake or Shelley. Oh, you mean my poetry, not England's.
Draco: France.]
1486-1491
Both roses combine in Henry's crest,
And all England follows his request:
New justice, new trade, a new Star Chamber,
England made new from east to west.
Not only England, but France as well,
As finally the French nobles kneel.
Raise Saint George's cross on high!
And send the rebels all to Hell!
In case you're wondering, that's Venice in Bearn and Genoa in Provence.
Next Bourbon is added to England,
Their lands under Henry's gentle hand.
They come without trouble, indeed, with joy,
Without even the smallest rebel band.*
Eastward now to defense look,
Whose strength might give us a bad hook?
But Austria's a friend, and added they are
To England's great alliance book.
1492
One Lambert Simnel now appears,
And fulfills one of Henry's fears:
A new Yorkist imposter for the throne!
Many a man the call-to-arms hears.
Rebellion strikes France, north and south all,
Though Simnel now strikes a nasty wall:
Henry's armies capture that traitor,
And now the late Lambert they him call.
But why the Spanish contented hum?
Why, waiting, do we twiddle our thumb?
Why look we, mourning, o'er the western sea?
When will our Columbus come?
__________
*Amazingly, I don't have too bad of a BB or too low relations at this point. Thank God for small miracles...
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France is no more, soon Scotland will share her fate... With that country you've got you could venture to vassalize Spain or Austria.
Best group of years from that
Both roses combine in Henry's crest,
And all England follows his request:
New justice, new trade, a new Star Chamber,
England made new from east to west.
Not only England, but France as well,
As finally the French nobles kneel.
Raise Saint George's cross on high!
And send the rebels all to Hell!
That was great!
Both roses combine in Henry's crest,
And all England follows his request:
New justice, new trade, a new Star Chamber,
England made new from east to west.
Not only England, but France as well,
As finally the French nobles kneel.
Raise Saint George's cross on high!
And send the rebels all to Hell!
That was great!
Huzzah! France accepts vasselation!
Next step Scotland.... and then whom, the Low Countries?
I agree, where's England's Columbus
Next step Scotland.... and then whom, the Low Countries?
I agree, where's England's Columbus
[Zenek: Tried that. Spain doesn't like me and Austria's in its usual "Big White Blob" mode so they never accept. But they end up being my closest ally, and when England+France and Grand Austria are allied together, nobody can fight them and live to tell about it...
stnylan: And going, and going...
Storey: That's what it's there for.
Zeno: Yeah, my favorite as well.
Draco: I actually annexed France, but only just now got up the screen showing that, so you're excused on that count. And our Columbus has arrived!]
Something you don't see every day: Bohemia dwarfing Austria!
1497-1500
An Italian in the English court?
Action in some Cornish port?
Is this what we have awaited long?
Ah, Cabot, to Spain our retort!
Godspeed 'cross the sea, O sailor brave!
Conquer the Atlantic storm and wave!
Bring glory to yourself and adopted land,
And give us the place we did long crave!
First an island green he finds,
And upon its shores a time unwinds,
Names it Newfoundland, and returns,
Carrying the skins of that lands hinds.
Next to come over are men of nerve,
Who of their endurance leave no reserve,
Build towns in that land hostile and cold,
And gives England what it does deserve.
Cabot continues down the coast,
And of lands farther south does boast,
Of fruit, and forest, and some strange weed,
Which gives off foul smoke when it does roast.
But all good things come to an end,
And not forever can you Cabot send.
He must retire, but did well enough,
To remove the pain of his sailing's end.
1508-1509
Eventually, another Cabot does arise.
There's better land, he does surmise,
In this new world that we have found.
And for a new voyage he cries.
Among the things he discovers there,
Is a nation of natives, which is also where
He finds many cities, and lands to be had.
When we're ready, Lenape, beware!
That is for later, and later shall be
A time Henry Tudor shall not see.
He dies at this time, a new Henry king,
And certainly no lazy man is he!
Henry, who England's fate shall make,
Who shall his destiny rise and take,
The course of Britain is in his hand,
Either to rise, or to fail and bake!
stnylan: And going, and going...
Storey: That's what it's there for.
Zeno: Yeah, my favorite as well.
Draco: I actually annexed France, but only just now got up the screen showing that, so you're excused on that count. And our Columbus has arrived!]
Something you don't see every day: Bohemia dwarfing Austria!
1497-1500
An Italian in the English court?
Action in some Cornish port?
Is this what we have awaited long?
Ah, Cabot, to Spain our retort!
Godspeed 'cross the sea, O sailor brave!
Conquer the Atlantic storm and wave!
Bring glory to yourself and adopted land,
And give us the place we did long crave!
First an island green he finds,
And upon its shores a time unwinds,
Names it Newfoundland, and returns,
Carrying the skins of that lands hinds.
Next to come over are men of nerve,
Who of their endurance leave no reserve,
Build towns in that land hostile and cold,
And gives England what it does deserve.
Cabot continues down the coast,
And of lands farther south does boast,
Of fruit, and forest, and some strange weed,
Which gives off foul smoke when it does roast.
But all good things come to an end,
And not forever can you Cabot send.
He must retire, but did well enough,
To remove the pain of his sailing's end.
1508-1509
Eventually, another Cabot does arise.
There's better land, he does surmise,
In this new world that we have found.
And for a new voyage he cries.
Among the things he discovers there,
Is a nation of natives, which is also where
He finds many cities, and lands to be had.
When we're ready, Lenape, beware!
That is for later, and later shall be
A time Henry Tudor shall not see.
He dies at this time, a new Henry king,
And certainly no lazy man is he!
Henry, who England's fate shall make,
Who shall his destiny rise and take,
The course of Britain is in his hand,
Either to rise, or to fail and bake!
That's for sure.Judas Maccabeus said:
Finally you've got an explorer so the rich lands of America are waiting for you. Do you plan to colonize only NA or you're going to move south also? And I fear Lenape won't surivive long.
Definitely to rise!Judas Maccabeus said:
Great work!!
Double Huzzah! One for the annexation of France the other for forgiving this sometime lack wit for catching that before opening his mouth o
Another huzzah for the Cabots and England's establishiment in the New World!
So how fares our new Henry, King of England?
the other for forgiving this sometime lack wit for catching that before opening his mouth o Another huzzah for the Cabots and England's establishiment in the New World!
So how fares our new Henry, King of England?
I think that qualifies as a fairly strong hint that a fair bit of warmongering is on the horizon.
Good read.
Good read.
[Zenek: NA only. The Spanish didn't appreciate my moving farther south.
Zeno: Just imagine when the Austrians get their hands on it...
stnylan: Maybe.
Draco: Well, why don't we see right now?
Now, for your odd screenshot of the day:
"June 26, 1512 : Ottoman Empire went with Adopt the Shiite faith in Turko-Persian Conflicts: Shiite rebels."]
1510-1514
Damn the Spanish, those yellow fools!*
And the Portuguese, not following the rules!
They make a treaty, signed by the Pope,
After all their combined influence pulls.
Now, South America between them divide,
Peru to Spain, and to Portugal Brazil wide.
Now we are forced to stay in north,
Would I could tear off Ferdinand's hide!**
And to the north we are moving in,
Not only in America, but in Britain.
Scotland finally English whole!
A diplomatic victory we did win.
Now all the Isles are ours complete,
For long we have longed for this feat!
Since Longshanks this has not been done:
England has all Britain in its mete!***
1515
Remember the Lenape I warned before?
We want land now, we're out for more!
Where better to get it than from pagans?
Let us take all of the Atlantic shore!
It takes not but a summer's time,
So easy a battle it seems a crime!
Their lands our ours now, forever more,
And--argh, I can't think of a rhyme!****
1517
Who's hammering so early up today?
Could you make that noise go away?
What do you mean, it's in Germany?
Oh, it's that Luther fellow again... I'll say!
The Pope for the heretic's head cries!
We'll not fall into his evil lies!
Catholic we are, and Catholic shall remain!
We'll not rest until the last Protestant dies!
Henry prepares his attack upon these men.
The sword has less power than the pen!
A Defense of the Sacraments now he writes,
To keep this heresy from Englishmen.
But many still into heresy fall,
And now is risen up the call,
For missions across all England,
To make them good Catholics all!
__________
*Ah, I love double meanings.
**Whoa, calm down there, buddy...
***Boundary
****Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Zeno: Just imagine when the Austrians get their hands on it...
stnylan: Maybe.
Draco: Well, why don't we see right now?
Now, for your odd screenshot of the day:
"June 26, 1512 : Ottoman Empire went with Adopt the Shiite faith in Turko-Persian Conflicts: Shiite rebels."]
1510-1514
Damn the Spanish, those yellow fools!*
And the Portuguese, not following the rules!
They make a treaty, signed by the Pope,
After all their combined influence pulls.
Now, South America between them divide,
Peru to Spain, and to Portugal Brazil wide.
Now we are forced to stay in north,
Would I could tear off Ferdinand's hide!**
And to the north we are moving in,
Not only in America, but in Britain.
Scotland finally English whole!
A diplomatic victory we did win.
Now all the Isles are ours complete,
For long we have longed for this feat!
Since Longshanks this has not been done:
England has all Britain in its mete!***
1515
Remember the Lenape I warned before?
We want land now, we're out for more!
Where better to get it than from pagans?
Let us take all of the Atlantic shore!
It takes not but a summer's time,
So easy a battle it seems a crime!
Their lands our ours now, forever more,
And--argh, I can't think of a rhyme!****
1517
Who's hammering so early up today?
Could you make that noise go away?
What do you mean, it's in Germany?
Oh, it's that Luther fellow again... I'll say!
The Pope for the heretic's head cries!
We'll not fall into his evil lies!
Catholic we are, and Catholic shall remain!
We'll not rest until the last Protestant dies!
Henry prepares his attack upon these men.
The sword has less power than the pen!
A Defense of the Sacraments now he writes,
To keep this heresy from Englishmen.
But many still into heresy fall,
And now is risen up the call,
For missions across all England,
To make them good Catholics all!
__________
*Ah, I love double meanings.
**Whoa, calm down there, buddy...
***Boundary
****Sorry, I couldn't resist.
So Scotland is now part of the English Empire. How about Ireland I don't recall if they have seen the light yet?
Joe
How about Ireland I don't recall if they have seen the light yet? Joe
Ireland was annexed earlier. There is a screenshot somewhere.Storey said:So Scotland is now part of the English Empire.
Joe
You want to be good Catholic all the game? There could be two reasons for this: many Catholics provs on English
Isles and in (former ) France or maybe you want to capture some Catholic colonies from other nations...