Balin the Savage

I knew him that would be Balin
the doughtiest of doughty thanes,
that struck such strokes dolorous,
not once but twice
slayer
and enwheelchaired Pellam
and from him did the Wasteland sprout
shriveled and merciless.
Garlon, did ye know him?
Did you guess that this was he,
slayer,
that would cut down the knight invisible
the terror of Pellam's land?
And know ye Galahad who sired thee?
Twas not the lance but by the sword,
which, where did it lie?
Was it reforged?
For he who bore it broke it
slayer of kings
and another sword from the stone drawn to signal an everlasting reign.
Lament Balin fellows,
for he was a great a glorious thing,
Malory's truest son.