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

Naufragum ut ejectum spumantibus æquoris undis.

Catul. lxvi.

“As snorts the wild bull
Whom the banderils pierce.”

E qual táuro ferito il suo dolore

Versó mugghiando e suspirando fuore.

Tasso, Ger. Lib. iv. 1.

XXXIV. “Thus swarm i’ the summer ray o’er parchéd ground
Unnumbered emmets toiling onward straight.”

This image will not be condemned as vulgar by those who are familiar with Homer; and it is further justified by the use of one of our most elegant poets, Thomson, who commences his Castle of Indolence thus:

O mortal man, who livest here by toil,

Do not complain of this thy hard estate;