XXVI.

“Oh Arthur! thou my soldier and my shield, In whom revived to-day is e’en surpassed Another Arthur’s fame who first revealed The heroic glow of Chivalry, and cast A blaze o’er England which for aye will last. Greater thy glory than Pendragon’s son With all his knights achieved--to strike aghast My fiercest foe in many a battle won, And still with Victory’s march his countless legions stun.