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THE STORY OP QUEEN ISABEL. 307
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__ - A __ A Liittiie Book This Is, Bound...
And He had had them not so from misused the old the Plantagenets legacy ,
As But quit a King e to ' mar s semblance it yet—thoug maskin h g a g churl ht was ' s heart left _* PIsabelwho worshi ' d what he
Chi oor ld Isabel , who saw but pp what she s worshi saw pped , , M Now urmured , trembling roud it words s his touch and , th ou t g ht she with _conquered fear , him .
When he drew p back abashed , . She could not trace And The sub in t h l i s sm homa ile in e h she is accustomed forgave herself eyes ,
For , overboldness , g as , he knew she would . And Then death came is better e common th tal to live , — ' without JL die without thee ! thee ' ,
an _ISTor c Ah si go— ht I nor must hearin not listen shall ! ' offend ' Then thee farewell more ; g
g , B So fast grant he m ne y e g rav must e a tear sta ! t ' F ast i come them off . tears ; y pe
S And peak then , , and strong I set it words on th — y ' bro A crown w ! ' " is at thy feet !
And so , wliat with , love and persuasion and a touch of youthful ambition , the childish bride is carried off , although
'" One throb of that true heart Is Which more heaves than this in hope man ' s beneath life . " thy myrtle spray
And Isabel rides to Chaluz , naif happy , half scared ; and when her princely lover smiled ,
44 He okeshe listened " ' So , reedil ' she thoug to l ht ear , n ' a hero smiles . ' The sp way in , which a model g kni y g , ht made love ;
He swore a little when his courser tripped , I ' And must this not , ' heed she thoug it . ' " , ' is done by angry kings :
And when lie expressed his admiration a little too strongly , the poor child shrinks away , drops her veil ,
" I Then have to been herself told sai I d am , chiding too , ' This for is love love . When I am older I shall bear young it better ; ;
And But I be am a prince not too 's young bride . " to wear a crown , They arrive at Chaluz at the very hour when Richard Cceur de
Lion has been struck down by that untimely arrow ; and the death _, scene is described with , much power , and how , when all was over ,
u Another dawn Glistened in Isabel's unconscious eyes ,
And When For she she under had was looked ch all an the ged upon ear . th There a the great secret is a man day ' s in death Spring , germs
The Begin wealth to stir and and festal glow before of they midsummer bud ; Lie in , the heart of that pomps inglorious day ,
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The Story Op Queen Isabel. 307
THE STORY OP QUEEN ISABEL . 307
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1863, page 307, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071863/page/19/
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