Ludovico Ariosto

 

"Neither by tears, nor groans, nor sound of woe,

  To move the stedfast maid the dwarf had power:

  She down the rugged hill descended slow,

  Until she reached the plain beneath the tower.

  Then gave her bugle breath, the keep below,

  To call the castled wizard to the stower:

  And when the sound was finished, threatening cried,

  And called him to the combat and defied.”

Translator: William Stewart Rose