Where all, save one high spirit, is subdued,

And through the breach press on th’ o’erwhelming

multitude.

XC.

Now is he battling midst a host alone,

As the last cedar stems awhile the sway

Of mountain storms, whose fury hath o’erthrown

Its forest-brethren in their green array!

And he hath cast his purple robe away,

With its imperial bearings, that his sword