Chapter 13 No.13

"Nor Zayda weeps him only,

But all that dwell between

The great Alhambra's palace walls

And springs of Albalein."

Bryant's Translations.

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The instant of departure at length arrived. The moment so long desired by the Genoese was at hand, and years of poverty, neglect, and of procrastination, were all forgotten at that blessed