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And on Ayrola’s rock is swift surprised By Campbell’s highlanders a post of Gaul; For not more firm the red-deer’s limb is poised For strength and fleetness mixed than doth befal Those hardy mountaineers whose shouts appal The braves of France--as e’en surprised them more, When first beheld by Vimieiro’s wall, Their antique garb, such as in days of yore (In them revived to-day) the Roman legions wore.