With sword, and plume, and ardent eye,

In battle brightly flashing.”

“Soft Pleasure’s heart,” another’s word,

“Alive to each emotion—

That can be blythesome as a bird,

Caress or sigh, and oft be heard

Proclaiming its devotion.”

“Ambition’s heart,” one maiden says,

“That loves in strife to riot—

That spurns control in every place—