Of heaven, ... wings do not save them! Nor shall rocks,
And holds, and fastnesses, avail to save
These mountaineers. Is not the Earth the Lord’s?
And we, his chosen people, whom he sends
To conquer and possess it in his name?
XXI.
THE FOUNTAIN IN THE FOREST.
The second eve had closed upon their march
Within the Asturian border, and the Moors
Had pitch’d their tents amid an open wood