Which yet for cause are trebly clad;
Known death they fly on:
This wizard-heart and heart-of-oak had Lyon.
“They are more than twenty thousand strong,
We less than five,
Too few with such a host to strive”
“Such counsel, fie on!
’Tis battle, or ’tis shame;” and firm stood Lyon.
“For help at need in van we wait—
Retreat or fight: