AN EXEMPLAR
Raoul de Laudonniere Lay dead;
Four candles burned
At feet and head;
A fearless man
To do and dare Was staunch Raoul De Laudonniere.
He fought and flayed
The paynim Turk;
He hewed the Hun
In mud and murk,
In combat never
Shirked his share [...]
As I went up toward Lebanon,
The turbaned guardian of the gate
Glowered at me like the face of Fate,
As if to say—"thou Christian cur,
In Allah's name, where goest thou?"
I gave my Arab steed the spur,
Drew eager breath, and bared [...]
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