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SIEGE OF VALENCIA.
ELMINA.
And he beneath whose eye their childhood grew,
And in whose paths they sported, and whose ear
From their first lisping accents caught the sound
Of that word—Father—once a name of love—
Is——Men shall call him stedfast.
ABDULLAH.
Of sudden trumpets ne'er at dead of night,
When the land's watchers fear'd no hostile step,
Startled the slumberers from their dreamy world,
In cities, whose heroic lords have been
Stedfast as thine?
ELMINA.
More than thy words.
ABDULLAH (pointing to the city).
Think you no hearts within their limits pine,
Weary of hopeless warfare, and prepared
To burst the feeble links which bind them still
Unto endurance?
