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 He bids in front the wall to climb,
 * That firm and high doth stand.

Tall trees that grow ’neath the rock below
 * They’ve leant ’gainst the castle wall,

That harmlessly the beams flung down
 * O’er the warriors’ heads may fall.

The warriors range themselves beneath,
 * With shoulders broad they stand,

Comrade by comrade, man by man,
 * A bold and valiant band.

Across their shoulders beams they place,
 * And in part with ropes they tie,

Then firm upon their lances lean,
 * And men have sprung on high

Upon the beams their comrades bear, And each supports him on his spear, And beams anew set crosswise too
 * Upon their shoulders lie.

A third rank on the second springs,
 * A fourth the third doth crown,

And the fifth hath reach’d the battlements, Whence the falchions gleam and the arrows stream,
 * And the beams roll thundering down.

Now, now they stream, the men of Prague,
 * Right fiercely o’er the wall,

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