He spoke clearly and with manners
Fought over amour, and for his king
With honor, joy and sincere chivalry
In joust acted with mercy and grace
Knighted young, filled with ideals
With a mind and a heart noble
But in duel or field of battle
Fighting with sword and mace
Lance and warhorse, did he act
In heart carried his love's banner
Yet with his flesh he had fought
Able to overcome wounds and pain
To defeat any who dared attack
Though he fought in armor encased
Possessed gentle courtesy in speech
The swan was his chosen symbol
And it was appropriate and true
He served the king with joy
He was only newly knighted
Barely out of teens a man
With unbridled passions of a boy
Liberality on its own makes a worthy man; and that can't be achieved by high birth, courtliness, wisdom, nobility, wealth, strength, chivalry, boldness, authority, beauty, or anything else. But just as the rose is more lovely than any other flower when it opens fresh and new, so where liberality appears it surpasses all other virtues and increases five hundred times the qualities it finds in a worthy, upright man.” Chrétien de Troyes
