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

When dishonours Vascongada

Fernan’s triumph at Granada,

When forgotten is Pavía,

When unwrit her annals all,

Then shall Spain consent to be a

Province for the Gaul!

XV.

On came the French light horse—a forage troop—

And dashed impetuous to the ancient square,

Deeming to spoil the town with vulture swoop,