Acadiensis/Volume 2/Number 4/The Conqueror
MET him where the river flows
'Twixt the scarlet rock and the scarlet rose.
The Conqueror.
MET him where the river flows'Twixt the scarlet rock and the scarlet rose.
He lighted down from his war-horse tall
And his steel flamed out with his battle-call.
And his steel flamed out with his battle-call.
He cursed me there in the rock-strewn way
Ere his great white sword wheeled up to slay;
Ere his great white sword wheeled up to slay;
Ere his long white sword rose up to kill
He cursed me for baulking his savage will,
He cursed me for baulking his savage will,
And he cursed the day that I took you forth
And won from his castle in the North.
And won from his castle in the North.
But your love was back of my fighting arm
And your love for me was a shield from harm.
And your love for me was a shield from harm.
I thought of your eyes and your dusky hair—
And a strength came into my battle there;
And a strength came into my battle there;
I thought of your lips and your bended head—
And my brand bit deep and my brand came red;
And my brand bit deep and my brand came red;
At the last was plain your lifted face
When we said good-by in our leafy place;
When we said good-by in our leafy place;
And when to my heart your face was plain
My blade smote true and my foe was slain.
My blade smote true and my foe was slain.
I let him lie where I made him fall,
And I took his armour and war-horse tall.
And I took his armour and war-horse tall.
Halifax, N. S. A. B. deMille.