LAND of the olive and the vine,
The saint and soldier, sword and shrine!
How glorious to young RAYMOND'S eye
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True this is a long poem of varying quality but it is worth a 10 for those wonderful passages alone.
Amirald grief over the body of Eva's mother is amongst the most heart-rending ever penned.
Note that Letitia continues to play upon her own baby daughter's name (Ella) . Here we have Leila and Elvira. Even Adeline is not so far away.