And bowed them to a Briton’s reign?[[259]]
A. 2.
Kings, in modest triumph led,
Graced the sable Victor’s arms:[[260]]
His conquering lance, the battle’s dread;—
His courtesy the conquered charms.
The lion-heart soft pity knows,
To raise with soothing cares his prostrate foes;
The vanquished head true valour ne’er oppress’d,
Nor shunn’d to succour the distress’d.