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 | Zóphiël ; or, the bride of seven |  |
XV.
Sardius was sad upon his audience-seat.
Then spoke old Philomars: “Remember well,
O king! without the city, had retreat
Two of those captives of a race so fell,
Then spoke old Philomars: “Remember well,
O king! without the city, had retreat
Two of those captives of a race so fell,
“Thy father and my lord would rid the earth,
Root, branch, and bud, and gave the task to me;
But two escaped the sword, and so had birth
Another serpent. This, O prince! to thee
Root, branch, and bud, and gave the task to me;
But two escaped the sword, and so had birth
Another serpent. This, O prince! to thee
“Was told, and to complete the work I craved:
But thou didst check my zeal with angry mood,
And saidst, ‘If any trembling wretch be saved,
Let him live on: there's been enough of blood.’
But thou didst check my zeal with angry mood,
And saidst, ‘If any trembling wretch be saved,
Let him live on: there's been enough of blood.’
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“We've traced Lord Meles to that serpent's den,
And seen him in the vile earth murdered lie:
Yet wherefore grieves the greatest king of men?
This only is the fruit of clemency.”
And seen him in the vile earth murdered lie:
Yet wherefore grieves the greatest king of men?
This only is the fruit of clemency.”
| Zóphiël ; or, the bride of seven | |