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MOORISH BULL-FIGHT. 
than the following characteristic translation from a 
Moorish ballad. 
THE BULL-FIGHT OF GANZUL.* 
I. 
-K-iiig Almanzor of Grenada, he hath bid the trumpet sound. 
He had summon’d all the Aloorish Lords, from the hills and 
plains around : 
From Vega and Sierra, from Betis and Xenil, 
They have come with helm and cuirass of gold and twisted 
steel. 
ir. 
’Tis the holy Baptist s feast they hold in royalty and state, *f* 
And they have closed the spacious lists beside the Alhamra’s 
gate; 
In gowns of black with silver laced within the tented ring, 
Eight Moors to fight the bull are placed in presence of the 
King. 
III. 
Eight Moorish lords of valour tried, with stalwart arm and 
true. 
The onset of the beasts abide come trooping furious through ■ 
The deeds they’ve done, the spoils they’ve won, fill all 
hope and trust. 
Yet ere high in heaven appears the sun, they all have bit 
the dust. 
IV. 
Then sounds the trumpet clearly, then clangs the loud 
tambour. 
Make room, make room for Ganzul—throw wide, throw- 
wide the door ; 
Blow, blow the trumpet clearer still, more loudly strike 
the drum. 
The Alcaydd of Agalva to fight the bull doth come. 
• From Ancient Spanish Ballads, translated by J. G. Lockhart, Esq. 
t The day of the Baptist is a festival among the Mussulmans, as weU 
as among Christians. 
