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

A cui non abbia la città riparo.

Tasso, Ger. Lib. iii. 74.

IV. “What were thy triumphs, Greece, on Elis’ plain?”

Sunt quibus Elææ concurrit palma quadrigæ.

Propert. l. iii. Eleg. 9.

ἐμὲ δ’ ἐπὶ ταχυτά-

των πόρευσον ἁρμάτων

ἐς Ἆλιν, κράτει δὲ πέλασον.

Pind. Olymp. i.

“Carry me on swiftest chariots to Elis, and bear me to Victory!”