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    Of parents and of food ; I wept , and thought Of the poor orphans . * ' P hilip . € < Yoti should have rejoiced To think so many infant souls were saved Perversion . " Carlos . " How ! rejoice ! not to have wept Were then impossible ; I sobbed for pity . But soon a sterner sight braced up my nerve ** , Rigid with horror , for the murderous pile

    Was lighted for the sacrifice : unmoved , The Great Inquisitor beheld his victims . Cazalla too was undisturbed : the mind Might fairly doubt which of the two were judge , And which the culprit , save that gleams of joy , Like one who sees his haven , spread their light Upon Cazalla ' s face . The flames burst forth , . And with slow torture singed the limbs of him , Who seemed alone amid the multitude To be unconscious of this earthly hell .

    But as we looked amazed , sudden he rushed From forth the flames , and while bystanders fled In sudden panic , bore from off a heap Fresh store of wood , upbraiding the weak wretch Who § tood beside it ; this he flung amain Upon the pile , and raising high his voice Exclaimed c Farewell ! thou sinful world , farewell ! Ye—earth , % nd sun , and moon , and stars , farewell !

    Welcome my God ! welcome eternal life V " Philip . " Blasphemous error!—could this heretic Have hope of heaven ? " Carlos . " Such was his belief ; Perhaps mistaken . € t Philip .

    " Prince , did I hear you right ? Perhaps mistaken ? " Carlos . x < Patience a little while ; You shall know all my thoughts . Cazalla , he That stood so tall befare me in the strength Of a high soul , was now a cinder , tost

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    762 Review . —Don Carlos .

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    And scattered by the air : but there was more Of this too dreadful pageant ; I beheld Fourteen of ouf poor brethren suffer death From Cain ' s descendants . €€ Philip . " Peace , prince !

    " Carlos . €€ I have done My narrative , but that I should have told That ere the hecatomb began , Valdez , As Great Inquisitor , tendered an oath Which I unwilling took : I thereby swore If ever I should see , or hear , or know By any means , of aught concerned the faith Of friend or stranger ^ parent , brother , son , I should reveal the same without delay Unto the holy office ; that dark oath I took , but , thanks to Heaven , I broke .

    " Philip " . You broke ! € S Carlos . " More than a thousand times : the horrid glare Of that dread sacrifice fell on my mind , And drove the senses from my brain ; my thought Hung on the place where virtue had been slain , Where I had been a chief of

    murderers . Long while I suffered ; still by day and night The features of Cazalla , old and grey , With mildness mingling somewhat of reproach , Haunted my couch , nor could I gain relief Till I sought out the wretched seats of those Who err in faith and feel themselves

    impelled To seek for heaven by martyrdom on earth . " Philip . " You sought them out ! you should have hated them .

    ' * Carlos . " Many of these I have assisted , bade Them fly this perilous air of Spain , conversed With several pf their leaders , viewed their lives , Pure as the light ; their faith , stiH steadfast , worshipped Christ and the book of life Forgive . me . father ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1822, page 762, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2519/page/42/