The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott ... Notes & life of the author.

TlE. VISION OF DOWN RODERIC K..,:
W'hose sulphi'rous wreaths were cross'd by sheet of flaic;
With every flash a bolt explosive broke,'Till lioderick deem'd the fiends had burst their yoke,
And waved'gainst heaven the infernal gonfalonel
F'or War a new and dreadful language spoke,
Never by ancient warrior heard or knowna
Lightning and smoke her breath, and thunder was her toue.
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From the dcim landscape roll the clouds awayThe Christians have regain'd their heritage:
Before the Cross has waned the Crescent's ray,
And many a monastery decks the stage,
And lofty church, and low-brow'd hermitage.
The land obeys a Hermit and a Knight, —
The Genii these of Spain for many an age;
This clad in sackcloth, that in armour bright,
And that was VaLoua named, this Bmiorar was hight,
XXVIIL
Valour was harness'd like a Chief of old,
Arm'd.at all points, and prompt for knightly gcst;
His sword was temper'd in the Ebro cold,
Morena's eagle-plume adorn'd his crest,.
The spoils of Afric's lion bound his breast,
Fierce he stepp'd forward and flung down his gag,
As it of mortal kind to brave the best.
Him follow'd his Companion, dark and sage,
As he, my Master, sung the dangerous Archimage.
]iaughty of heart and brow the Warrior came,
In look and language proud as proud might be,
Vaunting his lordship, lineage, fights and fame,
Yet was that bare-foot Monk more proud than he.
And as the ivy climbs the tallest tree,
So round the loftiest soul his toils he wound,
And with his spells subdued the fierce and free,
Tfill ermined Age, and Youth in arms renown'd,
Honouring his scourgo and hair-cloth, meekly kiss'd the
ground.
XXX.
And thus it ehanced that VaLoru, peerless Knigt,
hi, iae'@r sto Ki or Kaisatr veil'd his crest,
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