And tried; and I have stood on many a field
Of blood, and I have fought with many a foe:
Never was that field lost, or that foe saved.
O Sohrab, wherefore wilt thou rush on death?
Be govern’d: quit the Tartar host, and come
To Irun; and be as my son to me,
And fight beneath my banner till I die.
There are no youths in Irun brave as thou.’
“So he spoke mildly: Sohrab heard his voice,
The mighty voice of Rustum; and he saw