XXXII.

Meanwhile great Arthur hath so well combined His several forces tow’rds the frontier nigh, That Commissari and Puérto, as designed, Our flag now wear upon their summits high. Five perilous hours our heroes by the cry Of Freedom spurred, o’er crags stupendous toiling, Have ceaseless fought where dead and wounded lie, At every guarded post the Frenchman foiling, And round Pyrene’s girth like powerful serpent coiling.