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 * Of this brave prince the soft degenerate son,

Fernando the remiss, ascends the throne. With arm unnerved the listless soldier lay And own'd the influence of a nerveless sway: The stern Castilian drew the vengeful brand, And strode proud victor o'er the trembling land. How dread the hour, when injur'd heaven in rage, Thunders its vengeance on a guilty age! Unmanly sloth the king, the nation stain'd; And lewdness, foster'd by the monarch, reign'd: The