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Quotation from Lepanto by G. K. Chesterton
“The last knight of Europe takes weapons from the wall, The last and lingering troubadour to whom the bird has sung, That once went singing southward when all the world was young. In that enormous silence, tiny and unafraid, Comes up along a winding road the noise of the Crusade.”
Lepanto, Stanza 2 (Poems, 1915)
Don John's first appearance, as a lone knight answering the Pope when the kings of Europe will not.
Citation: "The last knight of Europe takes weapons from the wall, The last and lingering troubadour to whom the bird has sung, That once went singing southward when all the world was young. In that enormous silence, tiny and unafraid, Comes up along a winding road the noise of the Crusade." — G. K. Chesterton, Lepanto, Stanza 2 (Poems, 1915). (id lepanto-q1)
Portrait: The Battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571, Unidentified painter, Public domain.
