The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Baron George Gordon Byron Byron

Author:Baron George Gordon Byron Byron [Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: English poetry
Published: 2007-06-11T16:00:00+00:00

"Silent you stand—nor would I hear you tell

What—speak not—breathe not—for I know it well—

Yet would I ask—almost my lip denies

The—quick your answer—tell me where he lies."

"Lady! we know not—scarce with life we fled;

But here is one denies that he is dead:

He saw him bound; and bleeding—but alive."

She heard no further—'twas in vain to strive—

So throbbed each vein—each thought—till then withstood;

Her own dark soul—these words at once subdued: 1280

She totters—falls—and senseless had the wave

Perchance but snatched her from another grave;

But that with hands though rude, yet weeping eyes,

They yield such aid as Pity's haste supplies:[hw]

Dash o'er her deathlike cheek the ocean dew,

Raise, fan, sustain—till life returns anew;

Awake her handmaids, with the matrons leave

That fainting form o'er which they gaze and grieve;

Then seek Anselmo's cavern, to report

The tale too tedious—when the triumph short. 1290

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