For he saw that youthful strength

To avenge his wrong was needed;

That, by years enfeebled, broken,

None his arm now feared or heeded.

But he of Orgaz, Count Lozano,

Walks secure where men resort;

Hindered and rebuked by none,

Proud his name, and proud his port.

While he, the injured, neither sleeps,

Nor tastes the needful food,