To the still tones which oft our being waken—
They are of heaven.
SONGS OF SPAIN.
[Written for a set of airs, entitled Peninsular Melodies, selected by Colonel Hodges, and published by Messrs Goulding and D’Almaine, who have permitted the reappearance of the words in this volume.]
ANCIENT BATTLE-SONG.
Fling forth the proud banner of Leon again!
Let the high word Castile! go resounding through Spain!
And thou, free Asturias! encamp’d on the height,
Pour down thy dark sons to the vintage of fight!
Wake, wake! the old soil where thy children repose