Oliver Cromwell <br />Need I say more? <br />A member of parliament <br />The lord protector <br /> <br />He didn’t believe <br />The king should rule <br />So he led a rebellion <br />From his parliament stool <br /> <br />Needless to say <br />Civil war was to come <br />The roundheads gained power <br />And in the end won <br /> <br />He gained a new nick name <br />Old Ironsides it was <br />I don’t know why <br />And doubt anyone does <br /> <br />A Puritan man <br />For Irish Catholics to fear <br />He put so many to death <br />It was near genocide, so I hear <br /> <br />Some think him a hero <br />Some think him a fraud <br />But he would be proud <br />He’s remembered abroad<br /><br />Julie Neises<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oliver-cromwell-written-for-class/
