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 O anger fierce and savage wrath
 * Did fill both armies then,

And in the inmost breasts did storm
 * Of the enragéd men!

And fury in the foemen’s eyes
 * Against each other glows,

And club ’gainst club on high they raise,
 * And spears to spears oppose.

On one another rush’d the hosts,
 * As wood on wood were hurl’d,

And like the lightning of the sky,
 * So gleam’d the swords they whirl’d.

A fearful cry arising then
 * The forest beasts doth fright,

And scareth all the wingéd fowls
 * To the third ridge’s height.

Spread from the rocky hills throughout
 * The vales upon the breeze

Here strokes of clubs, and here of swords,
 * Like fall of ancient trees.

Thus motionless both armies stood
 * Against each other there,

On heels that firm implantéd stay,
 * On legs that steadfast are.