To stretch the hand to succour and to save;

He was a marksman too, and well could hit

The target's eye, when all fell wide of it:

Him, therefore, did they fix upon to be

Their champion—their meadows rich to free

From the destroyer—each resigned his claim

To the reward,—Let Giulio win the same!

And Giulio ranged afar from morn till eve,

But still no wolf could Giulio perceive;

He searched each wood, explored each copse and cave,