Would my lone truth be repaid?”—

Where the olive leaves were sighing,

Thus sang the Zegri maid.

THE RIO VERDE SONG.

[The Rio Verde, a small river of Spain, is celebrated in the old ballad romances of that country for the frequent combats on its banks between Moor and Christian. The ballad referring to this stream in Percy’s Reliques will be remembered by many readers.

“Gentle river, gentle river!

Lo! thy streams are stain’d with gore.”]

Flow, Rio Verde!

In melody flow;

Win her that weepeth