And Florence in her shackles laid,
And Rome all drunk with wine,
And haughty Stamboul’s overthrow
Before the blind old Dandolo.
Thou wast when Moslems ravaged Spain,
Thou saw’st Grenada fall,—
Thou wast when France received the Dane,
When murder reigned in Gaul,—
Thou wast before the Turk was known,
When Huns were on the Roman throne,