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And now the foe their covert quit,
And call his vassals to submit;
But Hassan's frown and furious word
Are dreaded more than hostile sword,
Nor of his little band a man
Resign'd carbine or ataghan.
In fuller sight, more near and near,
The lately ambush'd foes appear,
And issuing from the grove advance,
Some who on battle charger prance.—
Who leads them on with foreign brand,
Far flashing in his red right hand?
"'Tis he—'tis he—I know him now,
"I know him by his pallid brow;
"I know him by the evil eye[1]
"That aids bis envious treachery;
"I know him by his jet-black barb,
"Though now array'd in Arnaut garb,
And call his vassals to submit;
But Hassan's frown and furious word
Are dreaded more than hostile sword,
Nor of his little band a man
Resign'd carbine or ataghan.
In fuller sight, more near and near,
The lately ambush'd foes appear,
And issuing from the grove advance,
Some who on battle charger prance.—
Who leads them on with foreign brand,
Far flashing in his red right hand?
"'Tis he—'tis he—I know him now,
"I know him by his pallid brow;
"I know him by the evil eye[1]
"That aids bis envious treachery;
"I know him by his jet-black barb,
"Though now array'd in Arnaut garb,
- ↑ The "evil eye," a common superstition in the Levant, and of which the imaginary effects are yet very singular on those who conceive themselves affected.
