Lepanto -- 435 years and 3 days ago

A friend of mine sent me this over the weekend and I am only getting to it now. The Inn is not a great fan of Michael Novak so I probably wouldn't have seen this had Danny not sent it along. Recommended.

Vivat Hispania!
Domino Gloria!
Don John of Austria
Has set his people free!

Cervantes on his galley sets the sword back in the sheath
(Don John of Austria rides homeward with a wreath.)
And he sees across a weary land a straggling road in Spain,
Up which a lean and foolish knight for ever rides in vain,
And he smiles, but not as Sultans smile, and settles back the blade....
(But Don John of Austria rides home from the Crusade.)