Difference between revisions of "My Shield is Calling"
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| + | ; ''To me! To me! My shield is calling; | ||
| + | ; ''for brothers to keep, and my enemy's falling. | ||
| + | ; ''Now courage! Now wrath; that my kinsmen once bore | ||
| + | ; ''have quickened within me and cry out "To War!" | ||
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; ''I see! I see! My father before me! | ; ''I see! I see! My father before me! | ||
; ''My brother's and mother's and sister's dead glory! | ; ''My brother's and mother's and sister's dead glory! | ||
; ''They call me to sea and to white ship departing | ; ''They call me to sea and to white ship departing | ||
; ''Not ere or until my bright shield is done guarding. | ; ''Not ere or until my bright shield is done guarding. | ||
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; ''Our foe! Our foe! The battle's near done! | ; ''Our foe! Our foe! The battle's near done! | ||
Latest revision as of 11:25, 30 April 2014
- To me! To me! My shield is calling;
- for brothers to keep, and my enemy's falling.
- Now courage! Now wrath; that my kinsmen once bore
- have quickened within me and cry out "To War!"
- I see! I see! My father before me!
- My brother's and mother's and sister's dead glory!
- They call me to sea and to white ship departing
- Not ere or until my bright shield is done guarding.
- Our foe! Our foe! The battle's near done!
- From red sun arising to red setting sun.
- Our deeds cast immortal in Rivendell's sonnets,
- for I'll go home with shield high or my body upon it!
(From the Battle of the Old Ford, 2946)
