Iberia Won; A poem descriptive of the Peninsular War / With impressions from recent visits to the battle-grounds, and copious historical and illustrative notes

by T. M. Hughes

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But, oh loved land! what magic lifts

Thee high above all rival glory,

Fills up the void of Nature’s gifts,

And makes thy deeds the pride of story?

What charm endues thy talisman,

Thou chrysolite amid the waters,

And deifies the power of man?

The genius of thy sons and daughters!

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