On our beloved" ...

"Duke o' the Rood, why not?"

Shouted an Estian, "grudge ye such a lot?

The hill-cat boasts some cunning of her own,

Some stealthy trick to better beasts unknown,

That quick with prey enough her hunger blunts,

And feeds her fat while gaunt the lion hunts."

"Taurello," quoth an envoy, "as in wane

Dwelt at Ferrara. Like an osprey fain

To fly but forced the earth his couch to make