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Shock'd and amaz'd the courtiers stood;“See you not that her victim's blood
Spouts out upon her knee?
See you not 'tis her painted dart
Hath pierc'd my murder'd infant's heart?
O Blanch! Thou who could'st calmly see
His glaring eye-balls fix'd on thee,
Why did'st not thou first murder me!
Yes, fair destroyer! I alone
Impede thy passage to the throne;
Kill me as thou hast kill'd my child,
And I will bless thy mercy mild.”
The Monarch ceas'd. To calm his thought
Time-honor'd Pedro vainly sought:
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“Hear but my tale!” was all her prayer.
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