 | Zóphiël ; or, the bride of seven |  |
XCVIII.
She hides her face upon her couch, that thereShe may not see him die. No groan!—she springs,
Frantic between a hope-beam and despair,
And twines her long hair round him as he sings.
This act was often resorted to as the most forcible manner of imploring protection. When the young prince Cyrus was brought before his brother Artaxerxes, whose throne he had attempted to usurp, Parysates, his mother, intwined him with her hair, and by tears and entreaties succeeded in saving him from death.
| Zóphiël ; or, the bride of seven | |