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Constance De Castile

A Poem, in Ten Cantos. By William Sotheby

Sotheby, William (1757-1833)

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IX.

As when fierce winds their force oppose,
And clouds, dark-charg'd with ruin, close,
Peal echoing peal, loud thunders roar,
And lightnings gleam the welkin o'er,
Thus clash'd the knights in 'mid career,
Shivering in sparks of fire the spear.