Chapter CLV

With grief and rage Rolland's great heart is full;
Amidst the thick ranks of a swarming foe
He rides. He fights--and twenty Pagans fall
Slain by his hand; by Gualtier's six, and five
By the Archbishop's. Loud the Pagans cry:
"Vile wretches these! Let none escape alive!
Eternal shame to them who dare not make
Attack; foul recreants those who let their flight
Avail."--Renewing then their hues and cries,
The Pagans rush from all parts 'gainst the knights.
Aoi.

CHARLEMAGNE APPROACHES.