Here are the Trojans, attacking the ships;
Hear the war cries on their lips.

"Come out Greeks now you must have learnt,
Or else your ships will all be burnt."

Ajax the Mighty fends them off.
"Look," he says, "they're not all soft."

Hector was struck on the head.
They all thought that he was dead.

Hector comes back from the grave.
"Come back, Trojans, let's be brave!"

The Greeks are really quite put out.
They turn around and run about.

The Greeks then flee back to the ships.
At their heels the Trojans nip.

Odysseus is left to defend the ships.
A Trojan stabs into his hip.

The brave hero then stands and shouts,
And into his hands his life pours out.

Luckily his comrades hear his cries,
They force their way back to his side.

Menelaus bears his friend back to the Greeks,
While Ajax fights all, strong and weak.