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CAPTAIN THEODHOKOS.
To him our Commandante did
A written order give,
That he permit no Musulman
In Grecia's world to live:
His mother too had bidden him
A warrior's part to play,
Nor let a single Arnaut steed
Escape from out the fray.
* * *
To Selvili he did descend
And there his tents deployed ;
And, further onward, Gazi's sports
His warriors all enjoyed.
* * *
The warlike Champion of the Cross
Full many a Moslem slew:
But still the Moslem host was strong
While he quite wearied grew.
* # *
" Our men of Mylopdtamo,
Though dense as groves they be,
When they're resisted all the day
With evening's sun will flee.
Alas, ill-fated Anoians,
And ye brave Khrusanidtes,
Who all contend with Moslem foes,
E'en like the Lakidtes!"
To him our Commandante did
A written order give,
That he permit no Musulman
In Grecia's world to live:
His mother too had bidden him
A warrior's part to play,
Nor let a single Arnaut steed
Escape from out the fray.
* * *
To Selvili he did descend
And there his tents deployed ;
And, further onward, Gazi's sports
His warriors all enjoyed.
* * *
The warlike Champion of the Cross
Full many a Moslem slew:
But still the Moslem host was strong
While he quite wearied grew.
* # *
" Our men of Mylopdtamo,
Though dense as groves they be,
When they're resisted all the day
With evening's sun will flee.
Alas, ill-fated Anoians,
And ye brave Khrusanidtes,
Who all contend with Moslem foes,
E'en like the Lakidtes!"