Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . Of the many instances of theconfident boasting and triumphantexultation of the Spaniards whichmight be given, we quote the fol-lowing from an ode by Luis deGongora: — Raise thy renowned hand, 0 Spain! from French Pyrenee to the landWhere the Moor Atlas lifts his mountain height,And at the martial trumpets lofty soundBid thou thy valiant offspring cluster roundBeneath thy old victorious banners, brightIn hardest adamant, a fearful sight! — Such that the lands of languid power,The nations leagued against thy faith, dismayed At t
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . Of the many instances of theconfident boasting and triumphantexultation of the Spaniards whichmight be given, we quote the fol-lowing from an ode by Luis deGongora: — Raise thy renowned hand, 0 Spain! from French Pyrenee to the landWhere the Moor Atlas lifts his mountain height,And at the martial trumpets lofty soundBid thou thy valiant offspring cluster roundBeneath thy old victorious banners, brightIn hardest adamant, a fearful sight! — Such that the lands of languid power,The nations leagued against thy faith, dismayed At the strong radiance of thy beamy arms,At the fierce splendor of the falchion-blade, With looks averted, in alarms,Shall turn at once their eyes and backs for flight,Like clouds before the deity of day;Or even, like yielding wax, dissolve awayBefore the luminous and golden fireThat from their graven helmets forth shall fly ;As blind of faith, so blinded then in eye ! An equally vivid representation of the cock, with his scar-let crown, his valiant look, his mar
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