Oh! champion braver than he and his band
Of brazen-helmed heroes ne'er fought hand to hand,
Or emptied a flask or a flagon.
His sword is an axe, and his spear is a hose,
But Paladins famous in story
For gallantest charges and swashingest blows,
Though demons and dragons they met as their foes
Were ne'er more deserving of glory.
Back, lurid in air, for another regale,
The Fire-Fiend who's down but not settled,