Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Germany: Vols. XVII–XVIII. 1876–79. | | | | Miscellaneous | | Fragment of the Song of Louis the Third | | From the German |
| | Translated by W. Taylor
THEN took he shield and spear, | |
| And quickly forward rode; | |
| Willing to wreak revenge | |
| Against his gathering foes. | |
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| Erelong he saw from far | 5 |
| The Norman force approach: | |
| “Thank God!” said he aloud; | |
| He saw what he desired. | |
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| The king rode bravely on, | |
| And sang a Frankish hymn, | 10 |
| And all his people joined: | |
| “Kyrie eleison.” | |
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| The song was sung; | |
| The fight begun: | |
| The blood shone in the cheeks | 15 |
| Of the merry Franks: | |
| But no blade of them all | |
| Fought so bravely as Ludovic. | | | | |
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