XXXVIII.

But saw great Arthur now with Lyncean ken, Though Rhune was there impregnable, a side Which might a pathway open to his men, And give their arms of Gaul to tame the pride. O’er Sarre the ascent arose more fair and wide, And strongly there concentred the brigades Assail the rocks that long approach defied. The rocks are won--the Gaulish valour fades,-- And won a height intrenched their camp at Sarre which shades.