text:  All in shining mail he's shrouded-- Plates of steel his arms enfold; Blood the Koran verse hath clouded That thereon is writ in gold: His pale brow is sternly bended-- Gory stains his wreathed lip dye-- Valiant blood and far-descended-- 'Tis the hue of victory! Wild his eyes yet nought he noteth; With an ancient hate they glare: Backward on the billow floateth All disorderly his hair