...wounded fide. " Then it was troth ! "— he faid — " I knew That the dark prefage muft be trne. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due to all her wrongs, Would fpare me but a day ! For waiting fire, and dying groan, And priefts (lain on the altar ftone, Might...

...fiend, to whom belongs For wasting fire and dying1 groan, And priests slain on the altar stone, Alight bribe him for delay. It may not be ! this dizzy trance...marauder's lance, And doubly cursed my failing brand !— Л sinful heart makes feeble liand." — p. 364, 365. Clara and a charitable priest now try in...

...his wounded side, " Then it was truth !" he said : " I knew That the dark presage must be true. — I would the fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due to all her wrongs, Would spare me but a dav ! • • r" - . A . . • Poï wasting fire and dying groan, And priests slain on the altar stone,...

...true. — I would the Fiend, to whom helongs The vengeance due to all her wrongs, Would spare me hut a day ! For wasting fire, and dying groan, And priests slain on the altar stone, Might hrihe him for delay. ; It may not he ! — this dizzy trance — Curse on yon hase marauder's lance,...

...Though in the action burst the tide, In torrents, from his wounded side. " Then it was truth!"—he said—" I knew I would the Fiend, to whom belongs...altar stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not be!—this dizzy trance— Curse on yon base marauder's lance, And doubly cursed my failing brand !...

...Though in the action burst the tide.' In torrents, from his wounded side. " Then it was truth T— he said—" I knew " I would the Fiend, to whom belongs...altar stone, " Might bribe him for delay. " It may not be!—this dizzy trance— " Curse on yon base marauder's lance, " And doubly cursed my failing brand...

...woes. Short space, few words are mine, to spare : Forgive, and listen, gentle Clare !"— " Alas !" she said, " the while,— O think of your immortal...bribe him for delay. It may not be ! — this dizzy tranceCurse on yon base marauder's lance, And doubly cursed my failing brand ! A sinful heart makes...

...hi? brow to lave — « " Is it the hand of Clare," he said, " Or injured Constance, bathos my head?" I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...her wrongs, Would spare me but a day! For, wasting lire, and dying groan, And priests slain on the altar-stone, Might bribe him for delay. It may not...

...wounded side. " Then it was truth !" — he said — " I knew That the dark presage must be true. — I would the Fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...groan, And priests slain on the altar stone, Might hribe him for delay. It may not he ! — this dizzy trance — Curse on yon base marauder's lance,...

...wounded side. « Then it was truth !» — he said — « I knew That the dark presage must be true. — I would the fiend, to whom belongs The vengeance due...wrongs, Would spare me but a day! For wasting fire, aud dying ¡jroan, Aud priests slain on the altar stone, Alight bribe him for delay. It may not be...