SIEGE OF VALENCIA.
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Thy servant in his need!—My blood and tears
Have not sunk vainly to th' attesting earth!
Praise to thee, thanks and praise, that I have lived
To see this hour!
ELMINA.
Though thou hast proved me unto agony!
Oh God!—Thou God of chastening!
VOICE (from the Tower).
I see the royal banner in the air,
With its emblazon'd towers!
GONZALEZ.
The banner of the Cid, and plant it here,
To stream above me, for an answering sign
That the good cross doth hold its lofty place
Within Valencia still!—What see ye now?
HERNANDEZ.
Moving, in terrible magnificence,
Unto revenge and victory!—With the flash
Of knightly swords, up-springing from the ranks,
As meteors from a still and gloomy deep,
