And near me on the grass lies Glanvil's book Come, let me read the oft-read tale again! The story of that Oxford scholar poor, Of pregnant parts and quick inventive But, 'mid their drink and clatter, he brain, quired; would fly. Whereat he answered, that the gipsy- For most, I know, thou lov'st retired crew, ground! 1 fireside bench. stream. 2 small, flat-bottomed boat. 80 Thou knowest if, since from Ader-baijan first I came among the Tartars and bore arms, I have still served Afrasiab well, and shown, At my boy's years, the courage of a man. This too thou know'st, that, while I still bear on 46 The conquering Tartar ensigns through the world, And beat the Persians back on every field, I seek one man, one man, and one aloneRustum, my father; who I hoped should greet, 50 Should one day greet, upon some wellfought field His not unworthy, not inglorious son. Let the two armies rest to-day: but I 55 Will challenge forth the bravest Persian lords To meet me, man to man: if I prevail, Dim is the rumor of a common fight, 60 And Sohrab came there, and went in, Where host meets host, and many names |