Then nearer sprang the hero
and struck so fell a blow
With keen edge of his weapon,
that dead he laid him low.
Then fain had Else taken
some vengeance for the wight;
But he and all his people
went off in sorry plight.
Then nearer sprang the hero
and struck so fell a blow
With keen edge of his weapon,
that dead he laid him low.
Then fain had Else taken
some vengeance for the wight;
But he and all his people
went off in sorry plight.