Of mother mountain-bred, a stripling hero;

And the soft down is creeping o'er his cheeks,

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Youth's growth, and hair that floweth full and thick;

And he with soul, not maiden's like his name,[[103]]

But stern, with flashing eye, is standing there.

Nor stands he at the gate without a vaunt;

For on his brass-wrought buckler, strong defence,

Full-orbed, his body guarding, he the shame

Of this our city bears, the ravenous Sphinx,