Next to redeem lost glory and oppose
Our strong advance, upon Pyrene tame
The pride that dares its crags, and France preserve from shame.
XXIX.
See where the couchant giant bristling lies,
Pyrene with his mountain sides and hair
Of forests dense. His crest doth pierce the skies,
His limbs are precipices poised in air,
His rugged spine full many a peak doth bear;