English poem
Stanza 236
When as themselues like Thunderbolts they shot, One at the other, and the Lightning brake Out of their Helmets, and againe was not, E'r of their strokes, the eare a sound could take Betwixt them two, the Conflict grew so hot, Which those about them so amaz'd doth make, That they stood still as wondring at the sight, And quite forgot that they themselues must fight.