Canto

 1     2| eyes and ears,~To let their rival cheat them of the dame.~
 2     2| wind,~Without farewell, his rival in the wood;~Much less invites
 3     2|  feud:~And oft to blows the rival houses came,~And oft in
 4     5|    Uniting in the pact, the rival pair~Their solemn vows upon
 5     5|     he in full believed his rival's boast,~Would on the spot
 6     5| secret snare,~He sought his rival on the appointed day,~And
 7    18|  made,~To take her from his rival, and with view~On him some
 8    20|   me;~And that, without her rival's company,~She of my lot
 9    24|   CXV~To keep the truce the rival warriors swore;~Since so
10    28|    are there that in beauty rival thee;~And rather I those
11    30|     He happily enjoyed, his rival spent,~The beauty, left
12    33|  not o'erthrow~That ancient rival of his goodly reign;~At
13    34| abide.~The Armenian, an old rival of my sire,~And mortal for,
14    36| Less with desire to lay her rival low,~Than with the lance
15    43| supplied;~So that in beauty rival had I none.~Enamoured of
16    44|  Made him in vain his hated rival seek.~ ~ XCIV~Leo, for fear
17    45|   his grave,~Freed from his rival, with the lady wive."~Forthwith