Greater thy glory than Pendragon’s son

With all his knights achieved—to strike aghast

My fiercest foe in many a battle won,

And still with Victory’s march his countless legions stun.

XXVII.

“List to thy Destiny, and nerve thy arm

To accomplish Heaven’s designs. By fair Nivelle

Thy next great battle shall with dire alarm

Man’s bitter foes affright in Earth and Hell.

For fortress-crags and precipices fell,