Originally published in The Keepsake for 1828 (Hurst, Chance, and Co.; Nov 1827).
Turn thine eyes, O King Rodrigo!
Gaze upon thy ruin'd Spain!
See how, through thy love for Cava,
All its hopes are slain!
See how all thy people brave
Let loose their blood upon the plain,
Thou scourger of the innocent!
Alas, alas, for Spain!
All—(alas the bitter cost!)
All for Cava's kisses lost.