Excerpt from El Muza Muse of the West, to eastern shores again Direct thy flight, and view the distant day, When in the groves or ancient halls of Spain, Thy voice was heard with wild or plaintive lay, In warlike strains on old Grenada's towers, Or softer notes which floated light and gay, To hail the dawn or cheer the twilight hours, Or mountain shepherd's song or convent's vesper lay. 'Twas summer, and the sun's fierce rays On old Grenada's turrets blaze, As Don Rinaldo turned his eye Backward its ancient towers to spy, And mark the sun's declining beam Cast lengthening shadows o'er the stream About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.