Under the orders of the General Lascy,
But now reduced, as is a bulky volume
Into an elegant extract (much less massy)
Of heroism, and took his place with solemn
Air 'midst the rest, who kept their valiant faces
And levelled weapons still against the Glacis.[IE]
XXXV.
Just at this crisis up came Johnson too,
Who had "retreated," as the phrase is when
Men run away much rather than go through