[375] [Strike out—"And the Noon will look on a sultry day."—Gifford.]
[376] The horsetails, fixed upon a lance, a pacha's standard.
["When the vizir appears in public, three thoughs, or horse-tails, fastened to a long staff, with a large gold ball at top, is borne before him."—Moeurs des Ottomans, par A. L. Castellan (Translated, 1821), iv. 7.
Compare Childe Harold, Canto II., "Albanian War-Song," stanza 10, line 2; and Bride of Abydos, line 714 (vide ante, [p. 189]).]
[377] [Compare—"Send out moe horses, skirr the country round." Macbeth, act v. sc. 3, line 35.]
[378] [Omit—
"While your fellows on foot, in a fiery mass,
Bloodstain the breach through which they pass."
—Gifford.]
[379] ["And crush the wall they have shaken before."—Gifford.]
[380] [Compare The Giaour, line 734 (vide ante, [p. 120])—"At solemn sound of 'Alla Hu!'" And Don Juan, Canto VIII. stanza viii.]