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Amid the crowd some run, some shout, "Stop, stop!" the elders say; Then all take order and advance to Alcazaba's way; Others from Vavataubin to Alpujarra fare, Down the street of the Gomelas or to Vivarrambla Square. Now the whole town is on its feet, from wall to towering wall They surge with shouts or flock around the tower and castle tall.
I have sometimes thought of visiting the villages of the Alpujarra Mountains in Andalusia, where the people live quite secluded from the world; what do you think of my project?" All this time Borrow had heard nothing from Earl Street as to the effect being produced there by his letters.
Survey the Escurial, it is a proud work, but wonder if you can when you see the mountain mocking it behind; survey that boast of Moorish kings, survey Granada from its plain, and wonder if you can, for you see the Alpujarra mocking it from behind. O what are the works of man compared with those of the Lord? Even as man is compared with his creator.
Boabdil and his principal cavaliers should take an oath of fealty to the Castilian crown, and certain valuable territories in the Alpujarra mountains should be assigned to the Moorish monarch for his maintenance. The Moors of Granada should become subjects of the Spanish sovereigns, retaining their possessions, their arms and horses, and yielding up nothing but their artillery.
Some of them may, indeed, be concealed under other titles, as, for instance, the piece, which Calderon himself calls, El Tuzani de la Alpujarra, is named in the collection, Amar despues de la Muerte. Others are unquestionably omitted, for instance, a Don Quixote, which I should be particularly desirous of seeing. We may infer from many circumstances that Calderon had a great respect for Cervantes.
On this from Alpujarra the tocsin sounded high. He rushed as one whose life is staked to save the maid or die. He leaned upon his sabre's hilt, He trod upon his shield, Upon the ground he threw the lance That forced his foes to yield. His bridle hung at saddle-bow, And, with the reins close bound, His mare the garden entered free To feed and wander round.
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