Fierce Volscens foams with rage, and, gazing round,

Descried not him who gave the fatal wound,

Nor knew to fix revenge:—"But thou," he cries,

"Shalt pay for both," and at the prisoner flies

With his drawn sword. Then, struck with deep despair,

That cruel sight the lover could not bear;

But from his covert rushed in open view,

And sent his voice before him as he flew:—

"Me! me!" he cried—"turn all your swords alone

On me—the fact confessed, the fault my own.