Made Ceuta his, the key of all their land.
VI.
Oh day, when many a heart beat high and fast,
When his exultingly did bound and leap,
For that despaired of long was come at last,—
Once more a gallant host was on the deep,
And every vessel did its due course keep
For Afric, and at each prow unconfined
A Red-cross banner floated on the wind.