Pride of the ocean-beat Biscayan coast;

A laughing damsel gay yet angel-good,

Light-haired, blue-eyed, in Spain no vulgar boast,

Where black-eyed maidens are a countless host.

With mirth so radiant was her spirit free,

That all she gladdened—melting roughest frost:

Like her none danced Bolera or Olé,

And none could featly touch the light guitar as she.

XXXIX.