XLIX.

Lo, where the giant form of Liberty

Arises grand yet shadowy dim o’er Spain.

With smiles her champion, Arthur, she doth see,

And frowns terrific with august disdain

Upon the Invaders, trampling on the chain!

A fiery sword that as a comet blazed

On high she brandished, like the angel-train

O’er Paradise. The tyrant-host amazed

Saw their expulsion doomed, and trembled as they gazed.