As fierce as thought could think, 'twixt either host Kindled the fell and sanguinary fray.
The daring damsel, fair Dordona's boast, Sore vexed and troubled, that in the affray She cannot compass what she covets most, -- Marphisa with avenging steel to slay,-- Now here, not there, amid the medley flies, Hoping to see the youth for whom she sighs.
