. The book of ballads . A- fi^ Valiant, doubtless, are thy warriors, and their beards are long and hairy,And a thunderbolt in battle is each bristly janissary: But I cannot, O my sovereign, quite forget that fearful day, When I saw the Christian army in its terrible array; When they charged across the foothghts, like a torrent down its the red cross floating oer them, and Fernando at their head! Don Fernando Gomersalez! matchless chieftain he in war,Mightier than Don Sticknejo, braver than the Cid Bivar!Not a cheek within Grenada, 0 my King, but wan and pale they hear the di-e
. The book of ballads . A- fi^ Valiant, doubtless, are thy warriors, and their beards are long and hairy,And a thunderbolt in battle is each bristly janissary: But I cannot, O my sovereign, quite forget that fearful day, When I saw the Christian army in its terrible array; When they charged across the foothghts, like a torrent down its the red cross floating oer them, and Fernando at their head! Don Fernando Gomersalez! matchless chieftain he in war,Mightier than Don Sticknejo, braver than the Cid Bivar!Not a cheek within Grenada, 0 my King, but wan and pale they hear the di-eaded name of Don Fernando Gomer-salez ! Thou shalt see thy champion. Cadi! hither quick the captive bring! Thus in wTath and deadly anger spoke Al-Widdicomb the King: Paler than a maidens forehead is the Christians hue I ween,Since a year within the dungeons of Grenada he hath been! Then they brought the Gomersalez, and they led the war-rior in. Weak and wasted seemed his body, and his face was pale andthin; j<y«frs
Size: 3387px × 738px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormartintheodoresir1816, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840
