Ballads And Translations

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and when the dark blue sea Rolls deep between thy land and thee, Remember what thou wert and art Till sickening sinks, subdued, thy heart.
And from another's reign serene.
Too late learn what thou might'st have been.
98 BALLADS.
Ix the caliphate of Omar, the second in succession from the Prophet, the Saracens made the most rapid conquests.
The Emperor Hcraclius, fearful of losing Syria, sent Ma- han (or Manuel) with the Greek and Roman forces to op- pose them. It was a vain opposition. The fina
...l battle which decided the fate of Syria was fought on the bauks of the Yermouk; it lasted several days, and ended in the total rout of the Christians. Khaled was the leader of the Saracen host.
BALLADS. 99 THE BATTLE OF YERMOUK.
A. D. 636.
Allah Achbae ! the foes are near, down with tlie Christian host !
In vain the Grecian phalanx forms, and Eoman trumpets boast.
On Yerraouk's side — on Termouk's side where loud the battle clangs, To-day, O true believers, the fjtte of Syria hangs I See yonder panoplies of gold, the purple-vested steed, 'Tis the imperial Mahan, his haughty heart shall bleed.


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