Calendar: 1873-1874 Page 595

ΤΠΕ SCHOOL 595 ffoy latin SIcgtiS The summer night is calm and bright The radiant summer day The autumn morn is calm and soft The vernal breath of May And sweet it is at matin prime To gaze upon the tea But Ο to me the sweetest time Was eventide with thee Jfor reck $kcSt The general next deliberated in council of war what measures were moat proper to be taken Some were of opinion that the best way would be to besiege the castle with some part of the army and let the rest be sent out to forage Kaled would not hear of it but was for attacking the castle at once with their whole force that if possible it might be taken before fresh supplies could arrive from the Emperor This plan being adopted they made vigorous assault in which they had as hard fighting as any in all the wars of Syria The besieged made noble defence and threw stones from the walls in such plenty that great many of the Saracens were killed and great many more maimed Encouraged by their success the besieged determined to act on the offensive and turn everything to advantage In the dead of the night therefore they sent out party who as soon as the fires were out in the camp fell upon the Saracens and having killed about sixty carried off fifty prisoners Kaled pursued and cut off many of the assailants but the vest escaped to the castle with the prisoners dfor atk iambics Let us appear nor rash nor diffident Immoderate valour swells into fault ρ Ρ