1. The men wondered at a knight
Whose lance was still to be feared

2. He never entered a battle
Except his valor was awed

3. How did he stay at the rear
And was content with that place

4. When he used to outpace
Every swift predecessor

5. Oh what a loss of the one of renown
Whose glory his armor embraced

6. His home to his wretchedness
Was a lair of ferocious beasts

7. Singular merit then lost
More wondrous from its loss was his fall