All fire and flame,
I'd mantle and girdle thee
Round with the same."
Then he caught her round the waist and drew her towards him; but by a sharp turn she freed herself from his grasp.
"No," she said; "one must give way, and that shall not be I."
"Nor I," he said, resolutely, and the blood rose in his cheeks; "I am wholly unwont to give way."
"So am I."
"Then it is—which is strongest."
"Strongest in will—even so; there I doubt if you will surpass me."