From old knights and from young ones
went thrust and parry there,
Till crash of breaking lances
re-echoed through the air;—
One saw the splinters flying
up to the palace wall
From many a gallant knight’s hand:
so eager were they all!
From old knights and from young ones
went thrust and parry there,
Till crash of breaking lances
re-echoed through the air;—
One saw the splinters flying
up to the palace wall
From many a gallant knight’s hand:
so eager were they all!