Hand-to-Hand Battle
Bows will not avail thee,
Darts and slings will fail thee,
When Mars tumultuous rages
On wide-embattled land;
Then with falchions clashing,
Eyes with fury flashing,
Man with man engages
In combat hand to hand.
But most Eubœa's chiefs are known,
Marshalled hosts of spearmen leading
To conflict, whence is no receding,
To make this—war's best art—their own.
Darts and slings will fail thee,
When Mars tumultuous rages
On wide-embattled land;
Then with falchions clashing,
Eyes with fury flashing,
Man with man engages
In combat hand to hand.
But most Eubœa's chiefs are known,
Marshalled hosts of spearmen leading
To conflict, whence is no receding,
To make this—war's best art—their own.
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