The little Amazon could scarcely go—

He loads her with a quiver and a bow;

And, that she might her staggering steps command,

He with a slender javelin fills her hand.

Her flowing hair no golden fillet bound;

Nor swept her trailing robe the dusty ground.

Instead of these, a tyger's hide o'erspread

Her back and shoulders, fastened to her head.

The flying dart she first attempts to fling,

And round her tender temples tossed the sling;