RODERICK, THE LAST OF THE GOTHS. A Tragic Poem. [Illustration: TOLEDO. _Painted by T. Creswick._ _Engraved by E. Finden._ LONDON; LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS.] [Illustration: _Cordoval._ _Painted by T. Creswick._ _Engraved by W. Finden._ LONDON. LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS. PATERNOSTER ROW.] RODERICK, THE LAST OF THE GOTHS. A Tragic Poem. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ. A NEW EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS. MDCCCXLIV. RODERICK, THE LAST OF THE GOTHS: A Tragic Poem. Tanto acrior apud majores, sicut virtutibus gloria, ita flagitiis pœnitentia, fuit. Sed hæc aliaque, ex veteri memorià petita, quotiens res locusque exempla recti, aut solatia mali, poscet, haud absurdè memorabimus. TACITI _Hist. lib. 3. c. 51_. TO GROSVENOR CHARLES BEDFORD, THIS POEM IS INSCRIBED, IN LASTING MEMORIAL OF A LONG AND UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP, BY HIS OLD SCHOOLFELLOW, ROBERT SOUTHEY. CONTENTS. Page PREFACE ix ORIGINAL PREFACE xxi RODERICK, THE LAST OF THE GOTHS: I. Roderick and Romano 1 II. Roderick in Solitude 12 III. Adosinda 21 IV. The Monastery of St. Felix 35 V. Roderick and Siverian 46 VI. Roderick in Times past 59 VII. Roderick and Pelayo 67 VIII. Alphonso 74 IX. Florinda 82 X. Roderick and Florinda 87 XI. Count Pedro’s Castle 101 XII. The Vow 108 XIII. Count Eudon 116 XIV. The Rescue 125 XV. Roderick at Cangas 131 XVI. Covadonga 141 XVII. Roderick and Siverian 152 XVIII. The Acclamation 161 XIX. Roderick and Rusilla 173 XX. The Moorish Camp 178 XXI. The Fountain in the Forest 188 XXII. The Moorish Council 204 XXIII. The Vale of Covadonga 212 XXIV. Roderick and Count Julian 222 XXV. Roderick in Battle 232 NOTES 251