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Constance De Castile

A Poem, in Ten Cantos. By William Sotheby

Sotheby, William (1757-1833)

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XIII.

She lov'd a youth of low degree,
But form'd by heav'n for sov'reignty.
Dire proof had rank'd Alonzo's name
With peers and paladins of fame.

Spain's high-born chiefs his valour prais'd,
On him Spain's high-born damsels gaz'd:
But Ellen only charm'd his sight;
Who but Alonzo Ellen's knight?
No frown of her's his flame reprov'd,
Too fatally the lovers lov'd.