SONG. 1 TAMBOURGI! Tambourgi*! thy 'larum afar 2 Oh! who is more brave than a dark Suliote, In his snowy camese and his shaggy capote? To the wolf and the vulture he leaves his wild flock, And descends to the plain like the stream from the rock. 3 Shall the sons of Chimari, who never forgive The fault of a friend, bid an enemy live? Let those guns so unerring such vengeance forego? 4 Macedonia sends forth her invincible race; For a time they abandon the cave and the chace : Then the pirates of Parga that dwell by the waves, And teach the pale Franks what it is to be slaves, Shall leave on the beach the long galley and oar, And track to his covert the captive on shore. 6 I ask not the pleasures that riches supply, My sabre shall win what the feeble must buy ; Shall win the young bride with her long flowing hair, Hissy he * Gla + view 1. horse-t. with de Selictar! | unsheath then our chief's scimitar: † Infidel. * Yellow is the epithet given to the Russians. Horse-tails are the lI I0IB 8aས༑ aས ༦༦མ, And track to his covert the captive on shore. 6 I ask not the pleasures that riches supply, My sabre shall win what the feeble must buy; Shall win the young bride with her long flowing hair, 7 I love the fair face of the maid in her youth, Her caresses shall lull me, her music shall sooth; 8 Remember the moment when Previsa fell, The shricks of the conquer'd, the conquerors' yell; 9 I talk not of mercy, I talk not of fear; He neither must know who would serve the Vizier : 10 Dark Muchtar his son to the Danube is sped, Let the yellow-hair'd* Giaours † view his horse-tail‡ with dread; 11 Selictar! | unsheath then our chief's scimitar: † Infidel. * Yellow is the epithet given to the Russians. Horse-tails are the |