Which of us twain is in the right
Let swords, not speeches, tell.”
Him answered Oscar’s trusty steel;
When craven Conan, taught to feel,
And trembling for his worthless life,
The Fenians prayed to end the strife,
And stay rough Oscar’s blade.
Between them swift the Fenians rushed,
The rising storm of battle hushed,
And Oscar’s vengeance stayed.