“’Twas with my carbine she my comrade smote.

“Now will I rifle her—she’ll now obey

“My wishes, while I grasp her soft, white throat.

Dame! a French bastard soon her tapering waist shall bloat!”

XXXIX.

Terrific Pablo’s triumph as he cried:—

“No, ruffians, no; thank Heaven, they are not your’s,

“My daughters! ’Tis God’s hand, to crush your pride,

“To San Sebastian hath removed the lures

“That brought ye hither, worse than Godless Moors!”