Chapter 157 No.157

While great events were on the gale,

And each hour brought a varying tale,

And the demeanour, changed and cold,

Of Douglas fretted Marmion bold,

And, like the impatient steed of war

He snuffed the battle from afar;

And hopes were none, that back again

Herald should come from Terouenne,

Where England's king in leaguer lay,