Entered the lists and deigned his visor raise,
None dared with him the strife of keen-edged swords,[3]
By one accord the victor’s garland yielding.
But not alone amid Crusading hosts
He with the sword had glorified his youth;
For many Christian graces him adorn,
Poverty, humbleness, of earth disdain.
But Konrad shone not in the courtly crowd
By polished speech, by well-turned reverence;
Nor e’er his sword for vile advantage sold