That oft she trips in haste to hand the booty ... yes,

'Twixt fold and fold of tent, there looms he, dim-discerned,

The ogre, lord of all those lavish limbs have earned!

—Brute-beast-face,—ravage, sear, scowl and malignancy,—

O' the Strong Man, whom (no doubt, her husband) by and by

You shall behold do feats: lift up nor quail beneath

A quintal in each hand, a cart-wheel 'twixt his teeth.

Oh, she prefers sheer strength to ineffective grace,

Breeding and culture! seeks the essential in the case!

To him has flown my franc; and welcome, if that squint