Not much courage needed to meet dreadful death but once.
But to face it many times makes Finrod quite the dunce!
ETA: still no better ideas for once/falls, but here is a question for the next line:
He will hold the blame for every death in his own eyes.
vs
For each witnessed death he'll hold the blame in his own eyes
I'm not convinced I like it better than the first. In fact, I think I don't. I'm just fiddling around with keeping the image of Finrod having to watch the deaths helplessly.
Oh, hey!
He will feel the blame for every death before his eyes. Thoughts?