246 THE HEART OF THE BRUCE.
Forth came, in bold and glorious train, Her flower of chivalry.
��Led by Alphonso 'gainst the Moor,
They came in proud array, And set their serried phalanx sure
To bide the battle-fray. " God save ye now, ye gallant band
Of Scottish warriors true ; Good service for the Holy Land
Ye on this field may do."
So with the cavalry of Spain
In brother's grasp they closed, And the grim Saracen in vain
Their blended might opposed ; But Douglas, with his falcon-glance,
O'erlooking crest and spear, Saw brave St. Clair with broken lance,
That friend from childhood dear.
He saw him by a thousand foes
Opprest and overborne, And high the blast of rescue rose
From his good bugle-horn ; And, reckless of the Moorish spears,
In bristling ranks around,
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