The Poems of Felicia Hemans

Part 2 — THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA.

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A DRAMATIC POEM.[270]

“Judicio ha dado esta no vista hazanna Del valor que en los siglos venideros Tendrán los Hijos de la fuerte Espanna, Hijos de tal padres herederos. Hallò sola en Numancia todo quanto Debe con justo titulo cantarse Y lo que puede dar materia al canto.” Cervantes, Numancia.

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

Alvar Gonzalez, Governor of Valencia.

Alphonso, Carlos, his Sons.

Hernandez, a Priest.

Abdullah, a Moorish Prince, Chief of the Army besieging Valencia.

Garcias, a Spanish Knight.

Elmina, Wife to Gonzalez.

Ximena, her Daughter.

Theresa, an attendant.

Citizens, Soldiers, Attendants, &c.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Advertisement by the Author.—The history of Spain records two instances of the severe and self-devoting heroism which forms the subject of t Note 2 · See Quintana’s “Vidas de Espanoles Celebres,” p. 53.Note 3 · See the Preface to Southey’s “Chronicle of the Cid.”