Canute 1014–1036
TWO hundred years the raiding Danes
Came over. Then their Canute reigns.
We’ll merely mention that he tried
An object lesson with the tide.
Hardicanute 1039–1041
Hardicanute, sad to confess,
Died from drinking to excess.
He couldn’t conquer love of wine
And with him went the Danish line.
Edward the Confessor 1041–1066
EDWARD the Confessor staid
The Saxon line renewed. Remade
At Westminster the Abbey grand,
And signed the first ‘Will’ in this land.
And since his time (’tis not refuted)
Scores of Wills have been disputed.
Ah! legal quibbles such as these
Mean Lawyers waxing rich on fees.
Harold 1066
HAROLD last of the Saxon line
At Hastings made an effort fine