And, hoping that the neighbouring potentates,
(Whose crooked policy still left in doubt
Which side they meant to favour) when they saw
Their countryman but once victorious,
Would join to drive the usurper to the Sea,
Resolved to stand the hazard of a fight.
V.
The season was the later Indian rains;
The sorrowing sky, bereaved of her Lord,
Was dark and full of weeping, and the heart