The Bidasóa’s won—not least of England’s deeds!
XVII.
But yet the pass of Vera we must gain,
Where now Girón from Ivantelly’s come
And Longa with the skirmishers of Spain,
And Alten too with men Old England from—
Not these the least, I ween, in Victory’s sum!
Dire were the works upon the heights above
Which Gaul could raise, but not the brave benumb.
And here was Nial, oft with tenderest love