Translation
Of the Two First Stanzas of the Song ‘Rio Verde, Rio Verde,’ Printed in Bishop Percy’s ‘Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:’ an Impromptu
Glassy water, glassy water,
Down whose current, clear and strong,
Chiefs confused in mutual slaughter,
Moor and Christian, roll along.
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