a flame!"
From out their beds, and to their doors, rush
maid, and sire, and dame—
And meet, upon the threshold stone, the gleam-
ing sabre's fall,
And o'er each black and bearded face the white
or crimson shawl—
The yell of "Allah!" breaks above the prayer,
and shriek, and roar—
Oh, blessed God! the Algerine is lord of