We fight in ropes, and not in lists,

Bestowing hand-cuffs with our fists,

A low and vulgar art!—

No mounted man is overthrown:

A tilt!—it is a thing unknown—

Except upon a cart!

Methinks I see the bounding barb,

Clad like his Chief in steely garb,

For warding steel's appliance!

Methinks I hear the trumpet stir!