Ptolemais

No city on the many peopled earth
Hath been the witness of such valiant deeds
As thou hast, Ptolemais ! and by whom
Were they achiev'd ? by Britons, one and all.
The first our lion-hearted king may claim ;-
And who the second ? he who drove across
The torrid desert the (til then uncheckt)
Invader, from those realms the Ptolemies
Ruled, and the Caesars follow'd in their train,
Sidney, the last of chivalry . . One more
Rode o'er the sea to win the crown that hung
Inviting on thy walls : he also bore
A name illustrious even as Sidney's own,
Napier was he.

'Tis somewhat to have held
His hand in mine, 'tis somewhat to record
One of his actions in the crowded page.