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arnold de winkelried.
With the knight of Ems, brave Eyloff, gravely riding at his side,
Fiery-eyed with ancient hatred rode proud Gessler, as became
One of the abhorred lineage, and the old accursed name.
Fiery-eyed with ancient hatred rode proud Gessler, as became
One of the abhorred lineage, and the old accursed name.
It was while their serfs and hirelings cut the Switzer's tall grain down,
That the Austrian knights paraded on their steeds before the town.
"Ho! our reapers would have breakfast!" thus the Sire de Reinach calls.
"The Confederates make it ready!" cried the Avoyer from the walls.
That the Austrian knights paraded on their steeds before the town.
"Ho! our reapers would have breakfast!" thus the Sire de Reinach calls.
"The Confederates make it ready!" cried the Avoyer from the walls.
Now, upon a hill to northward, in among the sheltering wood,
The Confederates' little army still and firm and fearless stood;
They from Gersau, Zug, and Claris, the Waldstetten, and Lucerne,
But not a burgher or a knight from false and recreant Berne.
The Confederates' little army still and firm and fearless stood;
They from Gersau, Zug, and Claris, the Waldstetten, and Lucerne,
But not a burgher or a knight from false and recreant Berne.
