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/ An intimation of some previous life, / Or dark dream, in the present dim-divined, / Of some uncertain sleep -- or lived or dreamed / In some dead life -- between a dusk and dawn;
/ From heathen battles to Toledo's gates, / Far off defined, his corselet and camail, / Damascened armet, shattered; in an eve's / Anger of brass a galloping glitter, one / Rode arrow-wounded. And the city caught / A cry before him and a wail behind, / Of walls beleaguered; battles; conquered kings; / Triumphant Taric; broken Spain and slaves.