Look'd east, then mounted slow, and then
Led leisurely against the west.
And why should he, who dared to die,
Who more than once with hissing breath
Had set his teeth and pray'd for death,
Have fled these men, or wherefore fly
Before them now? why not defy?
His midnight men were strong and true,
And not unused to strife, and knew
The masonry of steel right well,