But many a barricade must still be past,
Where dauntless Rey disputes ’gainst Victory’s star,
With feeble garrison that yields each bar,
O’erpowered by numbers though they battled well.
And, vanquished soon by Fate, entrenched they are
In Mont’ Orgullo, where both shot and shell
Pours on the brave resolved their lives to dearly sell.
XXIII.
Now Slaughter stalks triumphantly alone,
And silent is the fierce artillery’s roar;