"Ah! would be were!" to him the maid replied, "For haply he would make thee change thy thought.
A better knight than thee the horse doth ride, And vainly would his match on earth be sought."
-- "Who tramples thus on other's fame?" -- he cried;
And she -- "Rogero" -- said, as she was taught.
Then Rodomont -- "The steed I may my own;
Since him a champion rides of such renown.