Roland, who long the lady of Catay,

  Angelica, had loved, and with his brand

  Raised countless trophies to that damsel gay,

  In India, Median, and Tartarian land,

  Westward with her had measured back his way;

  Where, nigh the Pyrenees, with many a band

  Of Germany and France, King Charlemagne

  Had camped his faithful host upon the plain.