Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 104
ayde, For tidings sore I bring! He seized the royal mandate, And broke the scarlet seal. He read and paled with horror, Nor could his grief conceal. A STORY OF OLD SPAIN. 571 Oh, well-beloved Yusef,He gasped, put by thy chess!For here are cruel words indeed,Of deepest bitterness ! Nay, nay ! spake… … FOR HERE ARE CRIEL WORDS INDEED, OF DEEPEST BITTERNESS. The things that never happenThe hardest are to bear!The King has sent his warrantTo slay me ? Be it so.Come, let me see the letter,That I the worst may know. I ask but proper respiteTo bid my friends good-by.■ Delay, the messenger replied.Lies…
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