So would that lord of Libya-land decide + 

Between those suitors for a princess-bride. + 

He set the maid bedecked with gold and gem + 

To be the goal and prize, and cried to them + 

That he should lead her home who foremost sped + 

And touched her robes. Of all that suitor-band + 

Alexidamus’ swift feet foremost fled, + 

And his hand clasped the noble maiden’s hand, + 

And led her through the Nomad horse-array. + 

Leaves many and wreaths upon him showered they, + 

Ay, many a victory-plume had he won ere that day. + 