Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems

<hr style="width: 65%;" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_237" id="Page_237">[Pg 237]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>SIR GILES' WAR-SONG</h2> <div class="cpoem22"><div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="id2"><i><span class="dcap">H</span>O! is there any will ride with me,</i><br/></span> <span class="i4"><i>Sir Giles, le bon des barri&egrave;res?</i><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The clink of arms is good to hear,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The flap of pennons fair to see;<br/></span> <span class="i2"><i>Ho! is there any will ride with me,</i><br/></span> <span class="i4"><i>Sir Giles, le bon des barri&egrave;res?</i><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The leopards and lilies are fair to see;<br/></span> <span class="i0">St. George Guienne! right good to hear:<br/></span> <span class="i2"><i>Ho! is there any will ride with me,</i><br/></span> <span class="i4"><i>Sir Giles, le bon des barri&egrave;res?</i><br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">I stood by the barrier,<br/></span> <span class="i0">My coat being blazon'd fair to see;<br/></span> <span class="i2"><i>Ho! is there any will ride with me,</i><br/></span> <span class="i4"><i>Sir Giles, le bon des barri&egrave;res?</i><br/></span><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_238" id="Page_238">[Pg 238]</SPAN></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Clisson put out his head to see,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And lifted his basnet up to hear;<br/></span> <span class="i2">I pull'd him through the bars to <span class="smcap">me</span>,<br/></span> <span class="i4"><i>Sir Giles; le bon des barri&egrave;res.</i><br/></span></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />