Subduing until stricken down, shall pass
In warrior glory to his long repose,
And his good deeds rest like a banner-pall—
Telling the faith he fought for to the world—
Upon his memory, for all coming time!”
FOOTNOTES
[1] As Bayard says of Osséo in his poem of Mon-da-Min:—
“He could guess
The knowledge other minds but slowly plucked