And vainly from her charms would Love | He then subjoined: "I thither clomb by

"Believe them both," he cries; "let both suc- | If, as we sank together down to rest,

ceed!

To yield them the due palm it now remains."

Then nods he to the sergeants, who with speed

Advance to bind the young man with their chains;

Both are then tied to the same stake, and stay

Thou would'st breathe out thy latest sighs

o'er me!"

Thus spake he, wailing. Sweetly she replied,

And in these words wisely began to chide :

"Far other thoughts and other griefs, my friend,

For a far loftier cause the time demands. Back turned to back, and face from face Why think not of thy faults? Why not at

away.

And now the funeral pile is laid around,

And soon the flames by blasting are excited, When burst the young man into a dolorous sound,

And said to her with whom he was united,

"Are these the ties, then, in which, closely bound,

tend

To the ample prize the good win at God's hands?

Suffer in his name, and thy pangs will end;

Aspire to sit among the heavenly bands. Behold, how fair is heaven! Yon sun that rolls

O'erhead invites us to it, and consoles."

I hoped to pass with thee through life de- A wail here from the pagans loudly pealed, lighted?

Is this that fire which I believed would raise
Within the heart of each an equal blaze?

"Love promised other flames and other ties; A cruel lot brings others in their stead. Too long, alas! our union it denies,

But sternly joins us now that we are dead. Since die thou must in this inhuman guise,

'Tis sweet to share thy pyre, if not thy
bed;

Since by thy side I perish, I repine
Not at my own fate, but alone at thine.

"And oh my death unutterably blest,

Oh martyrdom awaited with what glee, If, as we were united breast to breast.

My soul upon thy lips away might flee

And wailed in lower tones the Faithful

too;

Something of pity ne'er before revealed

E'en from the king's hard breast emerged

to view.

He felt it and disdained it, nor would yield,
And turned his eyes aside, and thus with-

drew.

By thee no part o' the common woe is born,
Sophronia: mourned by all, thou dost not

mourn.

While such their risk, a warrior (so she seems)

Appears, of semblance high and singular, And from her arms and strange attire one deems

That she comes travelling hither from afar.

The tiger crest which on her helmet gleams
Draws tow'rd it every eye-device in war
Used by Clorinda, and renowned; from this
They think that it is she, nor think amiss.

The crowds give way. She stops and nearer

eyes

The pair thus tied together 'mid the throng; She sees the one mute while the other sighs, And more of vigor in the sex less strong;

She had been wont from childhood to despise She marks his tears as if in pity rise

The habits of her sex as idle chains; Needle and distaff never once she plies;

Arachne's toils her haughty hand disdains ; Each soft pursuit and sheltered spot she flies, Since honor is preserved in the open plains ; She arms her face with pride, and fain would learn

Pity, not grief, or grief for other's wrong; While she, in silence gazing at the sky, Seems severed from the earth e'en ere she die.

Clorinda's heart was melted, and the twain
Excited all her pity and some tears;

To sternly look, yet pleases e'en though stern. Yet plains she most for the one who does

and sword and on the level sand Inured their limbs to toil and taught them speed,

I prithee, who are these? And tell me, friend,

Then tracked the savage bear and lion grand What fate or fault leads them to this sad

O'er mountain-paths or where the woods

recede.

end."

She followed wars and seemed in these pur- She thus entreated him, and he replied suits

Savage to men, a man to savage brutes.

Hither she now has come, from Persia bound, To oppose the Christian host with all her might,

To the demand in ample words, though few.

Stunned by the tale, at once did she decide

That equally were innocent the two,
And has resolved to turn their deaths aside
Far as her arms avail or prayers may sue.

Though elsewhere she had strewn upon the She rushes to the flame, now all prepared,

ground

Their limbs and made their blood with the
wave unite.

On her arrival now from thence she found
The pomp of death presented to her sight;
Eager to see and learn why thus decreed
A doom so dread, she urges on her steed.

Makes them withdraw it, and bespeaks the guard:

"Be there not one among you who shall dare To follow more this cruel task, but stay Till I address the king. Be it my care

That he accuse you not for the delay."

I am consoled and fears henceforth have "Up to Mohammed, then, I joy to trace

none:

Not were a grand host gathered to ensure
My rescue, could my hope be more secure.

"To me far, far too long does Godfrey seem To arrest his coming. Now for thy demand

The miracle: he wrought it—yes, for youTo show that 'tis not lawful to debase

His temples with religion which is new. Let, then, Ismene, who wields the curse in place

Of weapon, attempt all that spells can do, But by the sword we warriors should be known;

To be employed worthy of thee I deem
Adventures only which are hard and This is our art: our hope be this alone."

grand;

Over our warriors in thy hand shall gleam The sceptre, and be law thy least command."

Here ceased she, and the king, although the

spur

Of pity hardly turned his wrath aside,