Her. Breathe not the word,

Save in proud scorn! Each bitter day o’erpass’d

By slow endurance, is a triumph won

For Spain’s red Cross. And be of trusting heart!

A few brief hours, and those that turn’d away

In cold despondence, shrinking from your voice,

May crowd around their leader, and demand

To be array’d for battle. We must watch

For the swift impulse, and await its time,

As the bark waits the ocean’s. You have chosen