"Yea, seest thou thy wide wounds bleed?

What of shrinking didst thou heed

In the one-foot sling of gold?

What scratch here dost thou behold?

And in e'en such wise as this

Many an axe-breaker there is

Strong of tongue and weak of hand:

Tried thou wert, and might'st not stand."

So there they took much spoil and sailed back to Barra in the autumn.

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