[in single Fight. ] Ere thus I will out-braved be, One of us two shall dye; I know thee well, an Earl thou art, Lord Piercy, so am I. But trust me, Piercy, Pity it were, And great Offence, to kill Any of these our harmless Men, For they have done no Ill. Let thou and I the Battle try, And set our Men aside; Accurst be he, Lord Piercy said, By whom this is deny'd.

Beyond it is what the Chippewas call Bub-eesh-ko-be, meaning the far off, indistinct prospect of a water scene, till the reality, in the feeble power of human vision, loses itself in the clouds and sky.

Of whatsoe'er descent their godhead be, 100 Stock, stone, or other homely pedigree, In his defence his servants are as bold, As if he had been born of beaten gold.

Who would have thought there could a-bound Such beau-ty and de-light Be-neath the cold and win-try ground That hid those flow-ers from sight?

Horse-breeders moreover have they been, and found favour with mailed Ares; but in one day the fierce snow-storm of war hath made a happy hearth to be desolate of four men.

Must mine eyes, this woe discerning, Must they so far-sighted be!

Worthy of the brightest day-time was that fightworthy of a theatre full of valiant be-holders.

Yea also violent Ares, leaving far off the fierce point of his spears, letteth his heart have joy in rest, for thy shafts soothe hearts divine by the cunning of Leto's son and the deep-bosomed Muses.