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Strove Arthur long to learn which youth he owed For safety and deliverance gratitude; But Nial said ’twas Morton forward strode The first, and Morton urged that Nial viewed The peril soonest--Friendship’s generous feud! Where each desired that each the prize should hoard; And eyes that witnessed it were tear-bedewed. Great Arthur gave each noble youth a sword, That bore his mighty name--magnificent reward!