[85] The tecbir, the shout of onset used by the Saracens in battle.
CANTO III.
“Fermossi al fin il cor che balzo tanto.”
Hippolito Pindemonte.
Heroes of elder days! untaught to yield,
Who bled for Spain on many an ancient field;
Ye that around the oaken cross of yore[87]
Stood firm and fearless on Asturia’s shore,
And with your spirit, ne’er to be subdued,
Hallow’d the wild Cantabrian solitude;