Her mighty arm great Arthur beckons on,

Against Soult’s host to urge the fiery storm,

And thus with voice sublime she speaks in accents warm:—

XXVI.

“Oh Arthur! thou my soldier and my shield,

In whom revived to-day is e’en surpassed

Another Arthur’s fame who first revealed

The heroic glow of Chivalry, and cast

A blaze o’er England which for aye will last.