“In such unfairest odds and chance of fray
One of our soldiers was begirt by foes;
But he, by valour more than mail, makes way
And of true warrior-heart fair ’surance shows;
Slain the near charger with his sabre-sway
Its rider’s head upon the plain he throws;--
Brave sworder-feat!--and, pace by pace, he leaveth
Arear the foeman whom such exploit grieveth.”