RODERICK,
THE LAST OF THE GOTHS.
I.
RODERICK AND ROMANO.
Long had the crimes of Spain cried out to Heaven;
At length the measure of offence was full.
Count Julian call’d the invaders; not because
Inhuman priests with unoffending blood
Had stain’d their country; not because a yoke
Of iron servitude oppress’d and gall’d
The children of the soil; a private wrong
Roused the remorseless Baron. Mad to wreak