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Why run the crowd What means the throng	A
That rushes fast the streets along	A
Can Rhodes a prey to flames then be	B
In crowds they gather hastily	B
And on his steed a noble knight	C
Amid the rabble meets my sight	C
Behind him prodigy unknown	D
A monster fierce they're drawing on	E
A dragon stems it by its shape	F
With wide and crocodile like jaw	G
And on the knight and dragon gape	F
In turns the people filled with awe	H
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And thousand voices shout with glee	B
The fiery dragon come and see	B
Who hind and flock tore limb from limb	I
The hero see who vanquished him	I
Full many a one before him went	J
To dare the fearful combat bent	J
But none returned home from the fight	C
Honor ye then the noble knight	C
And toward the convent move they all	K
While met in hasty council there	L
The brave knights of the Hospital	M
St John the Baptist's Order were	N
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Up to the noble master sped	O
The youth with firm but modest tread	O
The people followed with wild shout	P
And stood the landing place about	P
While thus outspoke that daring one	Q
My knightly duty I have done	Q
The dragon that laid waste the land	R
Has fallen beneath my conquering hand	R
The way is to the wanderer free	B
The shepherd o'er the plains may rove	S
Across the mountains joyfully	B
The pilgrim to the shrine may move	T
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But sternly looked the prince and said	O
The hero's part thou well hast played	U
By courage is the true knight known	D
A dauntless spirit thou hast shown	D
Yet speak What duty first should he	B
Regard who would Christ's champion be	B
Who wears the emblem of the Cross	V
And all turned pale at his discourse	W
Yet he replied with noble grace	X
While blushingly he bent him low	Y
That he deserves so proud a place	X
Obedience best of all can show	Y
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My son the master answering spoke	Z
Thy daring act this duty broke	Z
The conflict that the law forbade	U
Thou hast with impious mind essayed	U
Lord judge when all to thee is known	D
The other spake in steadfast tone	D
For I the law's commands and will	A2
Purposed with honor to fulfil	A2
I went not out with heedless thought	U
Hoping the monster dread to find	U
To conquer in the fight I sought	U
By cunning and a prudent mind	U
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Five of our noble Order then	B2
Our faith could boast no better men	B2
Had by their daring lost their life	C2
When thou forbadest us the strife	C2
And yet my heart I felt a prey	D2
To gloom and panted for the fray	D2
Ay even in the stilly night	U
In vision gasped I in the fight	U
And when the glimmering morning came	E2
And of fresh troubles knowledge gave	F2
A raging grief consumed my frame	E2
And I resolved the thing to brave	F2
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And to myself I thus began	G2
'What is't adorns the youth the man	G2
What actions of the heroes bold	U
Of whom in ancient song we're told	U
Blind heathendom raised up on high	H2
To godlike fame and dignity	U
The world by deeds known far and wide	U
From monsters fierce they purified	U
The lion in the fight they met	U
And wrestled with the minotaur	D2
Unhappy victims free to set	U
And were not sparing of their gore '	-
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'Are none but Saracens to feel	A2
The prowess of the Christian steel	A2
False idols only shall be brave	F2
His mission is the world to save	F2
To free it by his sturdy arm	I2
From every hurt from every harm	I2
Yet wisdom must his courage bend	U
And cunning must with strength contend '	-
Thus spake I oft and went alone	D
The monster's traces to espy	U
When on my mind a bright light shone	D
'I have it ' was my joyful cry	D2
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To thee I went and thus I spake	J2
'My homeward journey I would take '	-
Thou lord didst grant my prayer to me	U
Then safely traversed I the sea	U
And when I reached my native strand	U
I caused a skilful artist's hand	U
To make a dragon's image true	D2
To his that now so well I knew	D2
On feet of measure short was placed	U
Its lengthy body's heavy load	U
A scaly coat of mail embraced	U
The back on which it fiercely showed	U
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Its stretching neck appeared to swell	A2
And ghastly as a gate of hell	A2
Its fearful jaws were open wide	U
As if to seize the prey it tried	U
And in its black mouth ranged about	U
Its teeth in prickly rows stood out	U
Its tongue was like a sharp edged sword	U
And lightning from its small eyes poured	U
A serpent's tail of many a fold	U
Ended its body's monstrous span	G2
And round itself with fierceness rolled	U
So as to clasp both steed and man	G2
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I formed the whole to nature true	D2
In skin of gray and hideous hue	D2
Part dragon it appeared part snake	J2
Engendered in the poisonous lake	J2
And when the figure was complete	U
A pair of dogs I chose me fleet	U
Of mighty strength of nimble pace	X
Inured the savage boar to chase	X
The dragon then I made them bait	U
Inflaming them to fury dread	U
With their sharp teeth to seize it straight	U
And with my voice their motions led	U
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And where the belly's tender skin	K2
Allowed the tooth to enter in	K2
I taught them how to seize it there	D2
And with their fangs the part to tear	D2
I mounted then my Arab steed	U
The offspring of a noble breed	U
My hand a dart on high held forth	L2
And when I had inflamed his wrath	M2
I stuck my sharp spurs in his side	U
And urged him on as quick as thought	U
And hurled my dart in circles wide	U
As if to pierce the beast I sought	U
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And though my steed reared high in pain	N2
And champed and foamed beneath the rein	N2
And though the dogs howled fearfully	A2
Till they were calmed ne'er rested I	D2
This plan I ceaselessly pursued	U
Till thrice the moon had been renewed	U
And when they had been duly taught	U
In swift ships here I had them brought	U
And since my foot these shores has pressed	U
Flown has three mornings' narrow span	G2
I scarce allowed my limbs to rest	U
Ere I the mighty task began	G2
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For hotly was my bosom stirred	U
When of the land's fresh grief I heard	U
Shepherds of late had been his prey	D2
When in the marsh they went astray	D2
I formed my plans then hastily	A2
My heart was all that counselled me	A2
My squires instructing to proceed	U
I sprang upon my well trained steed	U
And followed by my noble pair	D2
Of dogs by secret pathways rode	U
Where not an eye could witness bear	D2
To find the monster's fell abode	U
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Thou lord must know the chapel well	A2
Pitched on a rocky pinnacle	A2
That overlooks the distant isle	A2
A daring mind 'twas raised the pile	A2
Though humble mean and small it shows	O2
Its walls a miracle enclose	O2
The Virgin and her infant Son	Q
Vowed by the three kings of Cologne	D
By three times thirty steps is led	U
The pilgrim to the giddy height	U
Yet when he gains it with bold tread	U
He's quickened by his Saviour's sight	U
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Deep in the rock to which it clings	P2
A cavern dark its arms outflings	P2
Moist with the neighboring moorland's dew	D2
Where heaven's bright rays can ne'er pierce through	D2
There dwelt the monster there he lay	D2
His spoil awaiting night and day	D2
Like the hell dragon thus he kept	U
Watch near the shrine and never slept	U
And if a hapless pilgrim chanced	U
To enter on that fatal way	D2
From out his ambush quick advanced	U
The foe and seized him as his prey	D2
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I mounted now the rocky height	U
Ere I commenced the fearful fight	U
There knelt I to the infant Lord	U
And pardon for my sins implored	U
Then in the holy fane I placed	U
My shining armor round my waist	U
My right hand grasped my javelin	Q
The fight then went I to begin	K2
Instructions gave my squires among	Q2
Commanding them to tarry there	D2
Then on my steed I nimbly sprung	Q2
And gave my spirit to God's care	D2
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Soon as I reached the level plain	N2
My dogs found out the scent amain	N2
My frightened horse soon reared on high	D2
His fear I could not pacify	D2
For coiled up in a circle lo	A2
There lay the fierce and hideous foe	A2
Sunning himself upon the ground	U
Straight at him rushed each nimble hound	U
Yet thence they turned dismayed and fast	U
When he his gaping jaws op'd wide	U
Vomited forth his poisonous blast	U
And like the howling jackal cried	U
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But soon their courage I resto	A2