Selected Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Author:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2010-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

Upon the morrow, after early Mass,

While yet the dew was glistening on the grass,

And all the woods were musical with birds,

The old Hidalgo, uttering fearful words,

Walked homeward with the Priest, and in his room

Summoned his trembling daughters to their doom.

When questioned, with brief answers they replied,

Nor when accused evaded or denied;

Expostulations, passionate appeals,

All that the human heart most fears or feels,

In vain the Priest with earnest voice essayed;

In vain the father threatened, wept, and prayed;

Until at last he said, with haughty mien,

“The Holy Office, then, must intervene!”

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