When Danesmen and Thuringians
their leaders saw in death,
Then rose a frightful struggle
the palace walls beneath,
Or ever they the gateway
by might and main had won:
Full many a shield and helmet
were shatter’d and fordone.
When Danesmen and Thuringians
their leaders saw in death,
Then rose a frightful struggle
the palace walls beneath,
Or ever they the gateway
by might and main had won:
Full many a shield and helmet
were shatter’d and fordone.