Chapter 13 THE ARRIVAL OF SANTA ANNA.

"What thing thou doest, bravely do;

When Heaven's clear call hath found thee,

Follow-with fervid wheels pursue,

Though thousands bray around thee."

"Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed,

Which his aspiring rider seemed to know;

With slow but stately pace kept on his course;

You would have thought the very windows spoke,

So man