The Legend of Monte della Sibilla

Indeed it was a dangerous place.

But Germans are a stubborn race,

Not to say obstinate, to boot

Are fond of ladies: Herr Van Bran

Swore that if anyone could do't

He, Hans Van Branbourg, was the man;

Pushed on to Norcia, then climbed higher,

And with him went a single squire,

Called Pons—they say an Englishman,

I hope he was, because I can

(As you I think will soon agree)

Pronounce him brave as brave can be,

Yet sensible as Sancho Panza,

Wherewith I neatly close the stanza.