Suck the congenial evil! Thou hast tried
Both laws, and were there aught to gain, wouldst prove
A third as readily; but when thy sins
Are weigh’d, ’twill be against an empty scale,
And neither Prophet will avail thee then!
XXIII.
THE VALE OF COVADONGA.
The camp is stirring, and ere day hath dawn’d
The tents are struck. Early they rise whom hope
Awakens, and they travel fast with whom