XXXVI.
Strove Arthur long to learn which youth he owed
For safety and deliverance gratitude;
But Nial said ’twas Morton forward strode
The first, and Morton urged that Nial viewed
The peril soonest—Friendship’s generous feud!
Where each desired that each the prize should hoard;
And eyes that witnessed it were tear-bedewed.
Great Arthur gave each noble youth a sword,
That bore his mighty name—magnificent reward!