Vytenis (Belarusian: Віцень, Vitsen') was the Grand Duke of Lithuania from c. 1295 to c. 1316. He became the first of the Gediminid dynasty to rule for a considerable amount of time. In the early 14th century his reputation outshone that of Gediminas, who is regarded by modern historians as one of the greatest Lithuanian rulers. The rule of Vytenis was marked by constant warfare in an effort to consolidate the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Ruthenians, Masovians, and the Teutonic Order.
Vytenis is mentioned for the first time in 1292 during his father's invasion of Masovia: an army of 800 men reached as far as Łęczyca. After his father's death, c. 1295, he became Grand Duke. Vytenis was soon involved in succession disputes in Poland, supporting Boleslaus II of Masovia, who was married to a Lithuanian duchess Gaudemunda, and opposing Władysław I of Poland. In Ruthenia, Vytenis managed to recapture lands lost after the assassination of Mindaugas and capture the principalities of Pinsk and Turaŭ.
Dividing Line
Party animal or a bird in a cage
mine is a double the spirit of the age
money for old rope, the coin spinning round
your time is up, your time is down
I could read a book, I could watch a film
I could spend a day perfectly still
A solitary ring on a link in a chain
we could look alike but we're not all tame
I want it, I want it all the same
but I'm learning on the way
I wanna remember all the colours and the sounds and the shades
but I'm learning on the way
There's someone here to freeze, it couldn't be
A lot of people tease that we were free
I fell off my chair, I flew into the air
but I didn't land, didn't land nowhere
I want it, I want it all the same
But I'll learn it on the way
I wanna remember all the colours and the sounds and the shades
But I'll learn it on the way
I don't care what they were doing before
I don't care what, they could do it again, again
I don't even care what they are doing here right now
But I'll learn it on the way
and the margin's so wide there's a line down the middle
straight down the middle a dividing line
never, never, never getting anything together
never getting anything together one time
I want it, I want it all the same
But I'll learn it on the way
I wanna remember all the colours and the sounds and the shades
But I'll learn it on the way