"Make in, my brethren dear!

Sir William of Saint Clair is down;

We may not leave him here!"

But thicker, thicker, grew the swarm,

And sharper shot the rain,

And the horses reared amid the press,

But they would not charge again.

"Now Jesu help thee," said Lord James,

"Thou kind and true St Clair!

An' if I may not bring thee off,