The Story of the Christians and Moors of Spain |
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Abd Allah Abd-el-Rhaman Aben Abed Abencerrages Aboul Hacem Africa Al Mansour Alcayde Alfonso Alfonso II Algesiras Alhama Alhâmra Almoravides Andalusia Arab Aragon army Asturian attack ballad battle became Berber Bermudo besieged Boabdil brave brother brought called camp Castilian Castille chief Christian Cordova Count Count of Castille crown daughter death defeated died Doña eldest emir enemy Enrique faith father Fernando fight Garcia gave Granada Haschem head honour horse hundred Isabel Ismael Jayme Juan Khalif king King of Leon King of Navarre kingdom knights Koran lady lance Leon Mahommed Mansour Maria Maria de Padilla married Mohammed Moorish Moors Morocco Moslem mosque mountains Mousa Navarre nobles Ommeyad Pedro Portugal prince prisoner queen Ramiro reign rode Rodrigo Roman Sancho Santiago sent Seville siege Spain Spaniards Spanish Suleiman sword Thâryk thee thou Toledo took tribes troops Valencia victory wali walls warriors wife young Yousuf
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Page 41 - O for a blast of that dread horn, On Fontarabian echoes borne, That to King Charles did come, When Rowland brave, and Olivier, And every paladin and peer, On Roncesvalles died...
Page 259 - And when the hollow drums of war Beat the loud alarm afar, That the Moors of town and plain Might answer to the martial strain. Woe is me, Alhama!
Page 84 - And aye ye saw the tears down run, — I wot that grief was sore. He closed the lids on their dead eyes all with his fingers frail, And handled all their bloody curls, and kissed their lips so pale.
Page 259 - Out then spake old Alfaqui, With his beard so white to see, 'Good King! thou art justly served, Good King ! this thou hast deserved. Woe is me, Alhama...