So Rüdeger in armour
with men five hundred went,
Besides a dozen warriors
who help unto him lent.
These would the meed of valour
win in the stormy fray;—
They had but little warning
that death so near them lay.
So Rüdeger in armour
with men five hundred went,
Besides a dozen warriors
who help unto him lent.
These would the meed of valour
win in the stormy fray;—
They had but little warning
that death so near them lay.