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Side by side they fought (the LuciesWere a line for valour fam'd)And where'er their strokes alightedThere the Saracens were tam'd.Whence, then, could it come the thought,By what evil spirit brought?Oh! can a brave Man wish to takeHis Brother's life, for Land's and Castle's sake?
"Sir!" the Ruffians said to Hubert,"Deep he lies in Jordan flood."—Stricken by this ill assurance,Pale and trembling Hubert stood."Take your earnings."—Oh! that ICould have seen my Brother die!It was a pang that vex'd him then;And oft returned, again, and yet again.
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