Which proved how Franks of old must Spaniards shun;
And Altemira voiced our shame aloud:
“The sword of Francis given to noblest hands” he vowed!
V.
“But vain each sacrifice—each base compliance
Still prompted France to urge ignobler claims,
For Spain not yet had raised her proud defiance,
And in Fernando’s youth reposed her aims.
Fernando—he but gorged affronts and shames!
The worshipped Heir of all her line of Kings