6.
Her own Alexis, who should plight, &c.
That Tamerlane acquired his renown under a feigned name is not entirely a fiction.
7
Look round thee now on Samarcand,
I believe it was after the battle of Angora that Tamerlane made Samarcand his residence. It became for a time the seat of learning and the arts.
8.
And who her sovereign? Timur, &c.
He was called Timur Bek as well as Tamerlane.
9.
The Zinghis' yet re-echoing fame.
The conquests of Tamerlane far exceeded those of Zinghis Khan. He boasted to have two-thirds of the world at his command.
10.
The sound of the coming darkness (known
To those whose spirits hearken)
I have often fancied that I could distinctly hear the sound of the darkness, as it steals over the horizon—a foolish fancy, perhaps, but not more unintelligible than to see music—
"The mind the music breathing from her face."
