But beneath it, through the clusters
Of the jessamine, I read
“Spes,” engraved in bolder letters—
This was all the marble said.
| [3] | A detail of the incident related in the poem may be found among the records of the Revolutionary War. |
MOORISH MEMORIES.
(SUGGESTED BY A TILE FROM THE ALHAMBRA—THE GIFT OF THOMAS H. HYATT, ESQ., LATE CONSUL-GENERAL TO THE BARBARY STATES.)
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